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  Kernite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
O), is a colorless to white crystalline mineral that was formerly the chief source of borax.
The mineral was discovered in 1926 in Kern County, California and later named for the county.
Kern County was the only known source of kernite for many years but is now mined in Chile, Spain, and Turkey.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kernite   (130 words)

  
 The mineral kernite
Kernite was first discovered in 1926 in the Kramer District of Kern Co., California, in an enormous, underground deposit.
Kernite specimens be stored in a damp area, where this effect will be minimal.
Kernite was first discovered in a deposit several hundred feet below the surface in the Kramer Borax Deposit in Kern Co., California.
www.minerals.net /mineral/borates/kernite/kernite.htm   (336 words)

  
 Kernite hydration
We dug into the walls where kernite was rimmed with tincalconite and found that these shells gradually passed into massive clear borax farther away from the mine walls.
To see if such tincalconite is an alteration product of kernite, or of borax as we suspected, we cut a large thin section from a piece of kernite, which had part of a borax shell attached; the borax had altered superficially to tincalconite.
All contacts between the veins and the kernite are sharp and straight; the contact between the shell of borax- tincalconite and kernite is sharp but irregular, and the veins are apophyses from the shell.
www.minsocam.org /MSA/collectors_corner/arc/kernite.htm   (791 words)

  
 Kernite
Kernite could be considered a metamorphic mineral as it is thought to form from the recrystallization of borax due to mild heat and pressure.
Kernite is found at the bottom of these deposits in stratified units with some kernite crystal layers growing several feet thick.
However, kernite is harder and forms splintery cleavage fragments.
www.ima-eu.org /en/kernite.html   (184 words)

  
 Read about Kernite at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Kernite and learn about Kernite here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Kernite, also known as rasorite and hydrated sodium borate hydroxide (
Kern County, California and later named for the county.
Kern County was the only known source of kernite for many years but is now mined in Chile,
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Kernite   (100 words)

  
 LookSmart - Search results for "Kernite"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Browse data provided on kernite that includes crystallography, physical and chemical properties, optical data, formula, and the mineral classification.
Analyze facts presented on kernite, including the empirical and chemical formula, mineral classification, optical and physical properties, and the crystallography.
Check a profile on kernite that contains the Strunz number, location where the mineral is found, crystal system, and the formula.
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 Our Desert Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Three major borate minerals are found at the borax mine — colemanite, ulexite and kernite.
Kernite is the easiest mineral to process, and its abundance has been a major factor in the success of the mining operations.
Kernite contains another element, sodium, which simplifies the processing of the ore.
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 Room, low, and high temperature dehydration and phase transitions of kernite in vacuum and in air by N. A. Sennova, R. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Kernite Na O dehydration in air at high temperature and in vacuum at room temperature has been studied.
It was found that kernite easily dehydrates forming a new phase-I both on heating and in vacuum.
The high anisotropy of kernite thermal expansion was explained by approaching of NaO chains due to the initial removing of water molecules from kernite crystal structure.
www.crystalresearch.com /crt/ab40/ab400563.html   (291 words)

  
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The transmission is little more than a switch on the console, and all it does is set forward polarity to the wheel motors, reverse polarity, or no drive at all.
I suppose weight wise, it is pretty heavy, but the kernite (a type of borax) we were carrying is very crystalline and white, and shatters easily into a very fine powder.
When the shovel dropped a load of kernite into the truck ahead of us, a dense white cloud of kernite dust enveloped the truck and shovel, a cloud so dense we were unable to see the truck, even though it was only about 150 feet away.
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 Kernite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Kernite is also known as hydrous sodium borate.
Kernite is named after this place, as this is where it was discovered.
Kernite is commercially mined as a source of boron.
www.alientravelguide.com /science/chemistr/inorgani/compound/borates/kernite.htm   (82 words)

  
 kernite --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The crystals are colourless and transparent but are usually covered by a surface film of opaque white tincalconite.
Kernite is associated with other borate minerals as…;
Tincalconite is common in the borax deposits of southern California, where it often occurs as a coating on kernite or borax, both of which alter to it in a dry atmosphere.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9045163   (455 words)

  
 Death-Valley.us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It has been produced commercially from colemanite, kernite, and tincalconite, as well as from the mineral borax, by dissolving the ore in water, filtering out the clay, and evaporating the solution.
Colemanite was the chief source until the 1930s, when it was supplanted by kernite, which was subsequently replaced by the mineral borax.
About 50 percent of the world's supply of commercial boron compounds comes from southern California: the borax crusts and brine from Searles Lake, the large kernite and borax deposits near Kramer, and the colemanite deposits from Death Valley, formed by the evaporation of hot springs or saline lakes and playas.
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The deepest borate is the kernite lens, which is overlain by borax, colemanite, ulexite lenses, and is capped by a barren zone.
Kernite is a dehydrated form of borax and researchers have concluded that this dehydration took place during burial diagenesis (Christ and Garrels, 1959).
Kernite deposits are no deeper than 30-300m beneath the surface.
www.geo.arizona.edu /geodaze/2000/abstracts/talkabs.html   (9177 words)

  
 EVE Online | The World of EVE | Item Database | Manufacture & Research | Ore | Kernite | Luminous Kernite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
To the rest of us, it's an average looking ore that has 5% more yield than normal Kernite and can make you rich if you mine it 24/7 and live to be very old.
Kernite is a fairly common ore type that yields the largest amount of mexallon of any ore types in the world.
Besides mexallon the Kernite also has a bit of tritanium and isogen.
www.eve-online.com /itemdatabase/manufactureresearch/ore/kernite/17452.asp   (140 words)

  
 Rio Tinto Borax : About Borates : Borates by Nature
Tincal - Na Tincal (pronounced "tinkle") is the most abundant ore in the deposit.
Kernite - Na The second most abundant type of ore is Kernite, named after Kern County, California, where our primary mine is located.
Crystals of Kernite more than five feet long have been found in the mine.
www.borax.com /borates1f.html   (143 words)

  
 boron
The element is not found free in nature, but occurs as orthoboric acid usually in certain volcanic spring waters and as borates in borac and colemanite.
Ulexite, another boron mineral, is interesting as it is nature's own version of "fiber optics." Important sources of boron are the ores rasorite (kernite) and tincal (borax ore).
Borax, kernite, and tourmaline are three of the more commonly mined boron minerals.
www.speclab.com /elements/boron.htm   (958 words)

  
 BORON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The most common sources of boron are tourmaline, borax, and kernite.
The element is not found free in nature, but occurs as orthoboric acid usually in certain volcanic spring waters and as borates in boron and colemantie.
Important sources of boron are the ore rasorite (kernite) and tincal (borax ore).
www.stkh.k12.nf.ca /Chem/b.html   (431 words)

  
 kernite - Auctions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
KERNITE Glass-like Borate Mineral 4.3" Boron California - $2.98
KERNITE _ Glass-Like Clear Borate _8"_ Boron California - $8.99
KERNITE _ Glass-like Clear Borate _2"_ Boron California - $2.98
www.nationalstate.com /s/kernite/index.html   (83 words)

  
 Kernite: Kernite mineral data from mindat.org mineralogy database
Kernite: Kernite mineral data from mindat.org mineralogy database
There is no specific data on health dangers or toxicity for this mineral, however you should always treat mineral samples as potentially toxic/dangerous and use sensible precautions when handling them.
Muessig, S. Allen (1957), The hydration of kernite (Na3B4O7·4H2O), Am.Min.: 42: 699-701.
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 KERNITE (Hydrated Sodium Borate Hydroxide)
The basic structure of kernite contains chains of interlocking BO (OH) tetrahedrons.
Specimens of kernite are interesting, and can make a good addition to one's collection.
Crystal Habits include short prismatic crystals, but is more commonly found in parallel aggregates resembling vein minerals.
mineral.galleries.com /minerals/carbonat/kernite/kernite.htm   (287 words)

  
 kernite - OneLook Dictionary Search
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kernite : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
kernite : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
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 Boron: Occurrence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Boron is sufficiently reactive to preclude its occurrence in the free state.the sources of combined boron are sassolite (H3 BO3), found in Italy; colemanite (Ca2B6O11.5H2O); ulexite (CaNaB5O9.8H2O); and kernite (rasorite, Na2B4O7.4H2O), in the United States.
Ulexite is also found in Bolivia, Chile and Peru.
The world's major source of boron is kernite from the Mojave Desert in California, USA.
nautilus.fis.uc.pt /st2.5/scenes-e/elem/e00520.html   (59 words)

  
 Articles - Boron   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Boron does not appear in nature in elemental form but is found combined in borax, boric acid, colemanite, kernite, ulexite and borates.
Ulexite is a borate mineral that naturally has properties of fiber optics.
Economically important sources are from the ore rasorite (kernite) and tincal (borax ore) which are both found in the Mojave Desert of California (with borax being the most important source there).
www.gaple.com /articles/Boron?mySession=a254ace419cac3979fa317a74c083d49   (1066 words)

  
 Kernite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Description: Kernite mineral data, information about Kernite, its properties and worldwide locations.
kernite, ulexite, halite, thenardite) is the fact that it is hydrous...
Description: The Borax companies are known collectively by the name of their principal product, and the history of borax in the modern world is in large part their history.
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 Dragon's Crystal Reverie - Unpolished Minerals A to L   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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Kernite doesn't keep well, if not stored properly, because it dries out and loses the water in it's crystal structure.
Kernite specimens should be stored, while not being used, in a damp area or sealed container, such as a zip lock bag.
www.dragonsreverie.com /UnpolAL.html   (2823 words)

  
 kernite --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
Kernite is associated with other borate minerals as veins, irregular masses, and crystals embedded in shale, as in Kern County, Calif., and Catamarca province, Argentina.
For detailed physical properties, see borate mineral (table).
"kernite." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9045163   (492 words)

  
 C&EN: IT'S ELEMENTAL: THE PERIODIC TABLE - BORON
It is never found in its pure form in nature, but occurs as orthoboric acid in certain volcanic spring waters and as borates in colemantie.
Important sources of boron are the ores rasorite (kernite) and borax (tincal), which can be found in the Mohave Desert.
Extensive borax deposits are also found in Turkey.
pubs.acs.org /cen/80th/print/boron.html   (887 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Kernite
The chemical composition of kernite is Na O (Mineral (chemistry)).
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 SYSTEMATIC MINERALS
KERNITE - B-Level, Mudd Mine, Boron, Kern County, California D, T
KERNITE - Boron Mine, Boron, Kern County, California D, T
KERNITE — Western Mine, Boron, Kern County, California
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