Colemanite

Colemanite

Colemanite

Borate mineral

For the community in California formerly named Colemanite, see Ryan, California.

Colemanite (Ca2B6O11·5H2O)[6] or (CaB3O4(OH)3·H2O)[4] 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.[3]

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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.[4] At the time, Coleman had alternatively proposed the name "smithite" instead after his business associate Francis Marion Smith.[7]

Uses

Colemanite is an important ore of boron, and was the most important boron ore until the discovery of kernite in 1926. It has many industrial uses, like the manufacturing of heat resistant glass.[8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. [2]
    Schorn, Stefan; et al. (2021). "Colemanit (Colemanite)". Mineralienatlas.
  3. [3]
    Klein, Cornelis; Hurlbut, Cornelius S. Jr. (1993). Manual of mineralogy: (after James D. Dana) (21st ed.). New York: Wiley. p. 422. ISBN 0-471-57452-X.
  4. [4]
    Colemanite, Mindat.org, retrieved 30 December 2021
  5. [5]
    "Colemanite mineral data". Webmineral. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. [6]
    Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C. (2005). "Colemanite" (PDF). Handbook of Mineralogy.
  7. [7]
    Hildebrand, GH. (1982) Borax Pioneer: Francis Marion Smith. San Diego: Howell-North Books. p 31 ISBN 0-8310-7148-6
  8. [8]
    "Nitrates". Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals. Simon & Schuster. 1977. p. entry 111. ISBN 978-0-671-24417-0.


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