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  Welcome to our new Colemanite page!
Colemanite, is a complex mineral, that is found in playa lakes and other evaporite deposits.
Colemanite is a secondary mineral, meaning that it occurs after the original deposition of other minerals.
Colemanite is found in geodes within the borax sediment; its exact means of formation are still not well understood.
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 Colemanite - LoveToKnow 1911
COLEMANITE, a hydrous calcium borate, Ca2B6011+5H20, found in California as brilliant monoclinic crystals.
in length, encrust cavities in compact, white colemanite; they are colourless and transparent, and the brilliant lustre of their faces is vitreous to adamantine in character.
They are massive white minerals, the former friable and chalk-like, and the latter firm and compact in texture.
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 Colemanite - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Colemanite, calcium borate mineral with the formula Ca Colemanite may be either transparent and colorless, or translucent and white.
Colemanite (Ca 2 B 6 O 1 1 ·5H 2 O) is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits.
Colemanite is a secondary mineral that forms when borax is deposited, and then regularly...
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 Colemanite near Stauffer, Ventura County, California
Colemanite also occurs as irregular replacement bodies in limestone, along fracture planes and in fault zones as at the Russell mine.
Gale (1913, 1914) suggested that the colemanite deposits were vein-like and could be the result of limestone replacement by borate solutions associated with formation of the basaltic flows.
In summation, much colemanite may be available, particularly at depths within several hundred feet of the surface, but the cost of extraction and processing may be high.
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 Colemanite mineral specimen, gem or Crystal information and links to specimens for sale
Colemanite, like other borates, is a complex mineral, that is found in desert borax deposits and Tertiary clays in old lake beds.
Colemanite is found in geodes within the borax sediment.
Colemanite was the most important ore of borax until kernite was discovered in 1926.
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 Method of preparing colemanite-containing glass batch - Patent 4074990
In accordance with the present invention, boron-containing fiber glass batch pellets utilizing colemanite as a boron source are prepared by introducing the batch ingredients in appropriate proportions into a pelletizing zone, such as an inclined rotating disc pelletizer, as is shown in U.S. Pat.
Colemanite has a chemical composition of Ca.sub.2 B.sub.6 O.sub.11.5 H.sub.2 O. Optionally, boric acid may be substituted for up to about 75 percent or more of the colemanite on an equivalent B.sub.2 O.sub.3 basis while adjusting for lost silica, calcia and alumina from the colemanite.
The colemanite was not pretreated prior to its addition to the batch.
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 Colemanite.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Colemanite is a natural hydrated calcium borate and the chief domestic source of borax and boric acid.
Colemanite can be used very satisfactorily in many raw lead glazes where the addition of CaO and B2O3 is desired without using a frit.
Colemanite also can be used in combination with frits, but not so advantageously as in glazes of the raw lead type.
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 Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California
The colemanite occurs in masses of great purity, very much honey-combed and containing large numbers of crystals that reflect the light of the candle from myriads of faces as one makes his way into the tunnels.
Colemanite, inyoite, meyerhofferite and ulexite all occur abundantly.
This is especially true of the colemanite associated with the fine crystals of celestite.
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 Ground Colemanite MSDS
Similar inorganic borate compounds are low in acute oral toxicity; LD of colemanite in rats is expected to be greater than 5,000 mg/kg of body weight.
of colemanite in rabbits is expected to be greater than 2,000 mg/kg of body weight.
Colemanite should be expected to decompose in the environment to stable calcium and boron containing mineral species.
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 Method for producing sodium tetraborate pentahydrate - Patent 4857286
A method as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the colemanite is previously calcined at a temperature of between 250.degree.
According to a further preferred embodiment, the discharge liquor from the crystallisation stage (c) is used in stage (a) to form the aqueous environment for the reaction between the mineral colemanite and sodium carbonate.
According to the method of the present invention, the mineral colemanite after calcining and grinding is reacted with sodium carbonate in an aqueous environment to form an aqueous solution of sodium tetraborate and sodium hydroxide, with precipitation of solid calcium carbonate.
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 Colemanite - Definition, explanation
Colemanite (Ca O) is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits.
Colemanite is a secondary mineral that forms when borax is deposited, and then regularly covered with boron containing water.
The boron remains after the water evaporates, and the boron and borax eventually form other minerals as for example Colemanite.
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 Borates in the Muddy Mountains, Clark County   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Borate in both areas is in colemanite beds in the upper part of the Horse Spring Formation, a widespread 11-16 Ma nonmarine sedimentary unit in southern Nevada and northwestern Arizona.
Colemanite was discovered in White Basin in 1920 and mined until 1924.
The colemanite is fine-grained to coarsely crystalline and generally occurs as nodules with radial internal structure.
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 Tick Canyon
The beds carrying commercial colemanite were among the finer grained in the formation and consisted of thinly bedded red and brown sandstone, mudstone, and a purply silty shale, near the top of the Vasquez formation and between vesicular flows of basalt.
Colemanite was mined through two vertical shafts, each 350 feet deep, from workings on the 100-200-300 foot levels and from numerous auxiliary openings.
More plentiful colemanite cleavage fragments can be found on the dump of a smaller prospect to the east, marked by a mine tunnel, the bottom of which is full of water and forms the source of a small year round stream.
www.mineralsocal.org /field_tripping/tick.htm   (3172 words)

  
 MFA - CAMEO - Print Page
Colemanite occurs in massive deposits and monoclinic crystals.
Colemanite can be colorless, milky or gray and transparent to translucent.
Colemanite is used in the manufacture of glass, glass fibers and ceramic glazes.
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 Priceite - Furnace Creek California
The minerals associated with the priceite are colemanite and gypsum.
The colemanite forms small crystals coating the sides of the cavities or attached to loose masses of the priceite in the cavities.
The relations indicate clearly that the colemanite is the result of the surface alteration of the priceite.
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 Ceramics Monthly - No More Gerstley Borate
It was only when the supply of colemanite was cut off to ceramics industries that Gerstley borate was used as a substitute.
One source in Argentina exports colemanite to the United States, but only in a 100-mesh size, which would be too coarse for a Gerstley borate substitute.
A major importer of raw materials is currently testing the 200-mesh colemanite and may negotiate an exclusive agreement should it prove suitable for use in potters' glazes.
www.ceramicsmonthly.org /mustreads/borate.asp   (1631 words)

  
 Colemanite: Encyclopedia of chemistry, analytics & pharmaceutics with 64,564 entries.
Colemanite: Encyclopedia of chemistry, analytics & pharmaceutics with 64,564 entries.
Colemanite is a secondary mineral that forms when borax is deposited, and then regularly covered with boron containing water.
The boron remains after the water evaporates, and the boron and borax eventually form other minerals as for example Colemanite.
www.chemie.de /lexikon/e/Colemanite   (138 words)

  
 Borate
The ore was heated until the colemanite decrepitated and could be separated from the gangue.
Colemanite [ Ca O ] is found both in massive form, some with a radiating structure, and as crystals lining pockets and veins.
Several specimens of colemanite with celestine, and one of colemanite with celestine and howlite were also collected.
www.mineralsocal.org /field_tripping/borate.htm   (1750 words)

  
 Dissolution of Kestelek's Colemanite Containing Clay Minerals in Water Saturated with Sulfur Dioxide
Colemanite is one of the most important underground riches of Turkey, having approximately 60% of the world boron deposits, and it has a large portion in the deposits.
In this study, the dissolution of Kestelek colemanite has been investigated in SO -saturated water as an alternative method to the sulfuric acid process to remove the difficulties faced in filtration.
It was determined that the dissolution rate of colemanite increased with decreasing particle size and solid-to-liquid ratio and increasing reaction temperature but was unaffected by the stirring speed.
pubs.acs.org /cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/iecred/2002/41/i12/abs/ie010356z.html   (241 words)

  
 Cochise College   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Colemanite is Ca Colemanite is a hydrous calcium borate.
As the fire started to warm up the rocks, which turned out to be colemanite, the rocks started exploding and the prospector ran for cover.
The culprit was the water content of colemanite which converted to steam as the rocks were baked.
skywalker.cochise.edu /wellerr/mineral/colemanite/colemanite1.htm   (115 words)

  
 Colemanite at AllExperts
Colemanite (Ca O) is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits.
Colemanite is a secondary mineral that forms when borax is deposited, and then regularly covered with boron containing water.
The boron remains after the water evaporates, and the boron and borax eventually form other minerals as for example Colemanite.
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 Ceramic Material: Colemanite Calcium Borate 2CaO.2B2O3.5H2O
Colemanite has been a popular natural source of insoluble boron for many decades.
Colemanite does not melt as low or as uniformly as Ulexite.
Colemanite is available from Turkey, Chile and California.
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 clayart - thread 'colemanite'
But one friend had a colemanite glaze spit all over the inside of her elec.
Or is the composition of Colemanite that we
colemanite is an industrial material, used for the paint industry
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 Gem, Rock, and Mineral Postage Stamps Featuring Colemanite
Nomenclature: Named after William Coleman, owner of the mine in which colemanite was discovered.
Additional Notes: Colemanite is also known as borspar.
The mineral neocolemanite, once thought to be a distinct mineral species, has been shown to be colemanite.
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 colemanite borate powders
Colemanite [Calcium Borate] is a naturally occurring Boron containing mineral.
The special structural and bonding characteristics of Borate is a key feature to the successful use of Colemanite in many industrial modern day applications.
Borates are an important component in bleaching, stain removal and have a buffering effect in Detergents and film processing.
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 Colemanite Gallery
Colemanite single crystal, width of the photo is 3.4 mm.
A museum sized specimen of yellow colemanite crystals with ulexite (white).
Sharp, clear crystals of colemanite measuring 3x4 inches from Trukey in the Charles Creekmur collection.
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 Amazon.com: colemanite: DVD
Colemanite in Clark County, Nevada, (Contributions to economic geology) - Unknown Binding (1922) by L. F Noble
On the morphology of colemanite (Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences) - Unknown Binding (1885) by A. Wendell Jackson
The origin of colemanite deposits, (U.S. Geological survey.
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 Colemanite: Colemanite mineral information and data.
(1885), Colemanit, ein krystallisirtes Kalkborat aus Californien: Vidensk, selsk.
(1885), On the morphology of colemanite, Calif. Acad.
Christ, C.L., J.R. Clark & H.T. Evans (1958): The crystal structure of colemanite, CaB2O4(OH)3 • H2O: Acta.
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 pg1 Colemanite mineral specimens,pictures and prices
This is a large single cilemanite crystal, from the Boron Pit, Kern County, California.
This is a rather large colemanite specimen, from the Boron Pit, Kern County, California.
This is a nice bladed colemanite specimen, from the Boron Pit, Kern County,
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 Colemanite   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The word "colemanite" uses 10 letters: A C E E I L M N O T.
Words within colemanite not shown as it has more than seven letters.
List all words starting with colemanite, words containing colemanite or words ending with colemanite
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 COLEMANITE - Online Information article about COLEMANITE
white colemanite; they are colourless and transparent, and the brilliant lustre of their faces is vitreous to adamantine in See also:
Priceite and pandermite are hydrous calcium borates with very nearly the same See also:
composition as colemanite, and they may really be only impure forms of this See also:
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