Colemanite
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colemanite-312-8286136
title:
Colemanite
text:
Colemanite (Ca2B6O11·5H2O) or (CaB3O4(OH)3·H2O) is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits of alkaline lacustrine environments. Colemanite is a secondary mineral that forms by alteration of borax and ulexite. It was first described in 1884 for an occurrence near Furnace Creek in Death Valley and was named after William Tell Coleman (1824–1893), owner of the mine "Harmony Borax Works" where it was first found. At the time, Coleman had alternatively proposed the name "smithite" instead after
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Borate mineral
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colemanite
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date modified:
2024-03-13T21:34:57Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
15