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Noun
- A white, grey or colorless mineral form of calcium borate; a principal source of boron
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Extensive Definition
Colemanite (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 named after William
Tell Coleman (1824-1893), owner of the mine Harmony Borax Works
near Furnace
Creek in Death Valley
where it was first found in 1884.
See also
References
colemanite in French: Colémanite
colemanite in Italian: Colemanite
colemanite in Polish: Colemanit
colemanite in Ukrainian:
Колеманіт