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Searlesite from
California Borate Company property, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Property
Classification
Species:Searlesite
Formula:Na(H2BSi2O7)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Probertite
Sassolite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Searlesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view California Borate Company property, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:651579
Long-form Identifier:1:3:651579:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Searlesite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘMudd Mine, West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘKramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘRio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
76.4km (47.5 miles) ⓘChina Lake Mine (China Lake deposit), China Lake, China Lake [town], Kern County, California, USA
References
Smith, G. L., Almond, H., Sawyer, D. L. (1958) Sassolite from the Kramer borate district, California. American Mineralogist, 43 (11-12) 1068-1078 p.1070
Pemberton, H. Earl, Wm. Moller, Jack Schwartz & George Masimer (1960), The minerals of Boron, California, 40 pp. (Published by the Mineral Research Society of California, Montebello, CA): 31
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 333.
 
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