Colemanite
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Colemanite (Ca2B6O11·5H2O)<ref name=HBM/> or (CaB3O4(OH)3·H2O)<ref name=Mindat/> 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.<ref name=Klein/>
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.<ref name=Mindat/> At the time, Coleman had alternatively proposed the name "smithite" instead after his business associate Francis Marion Smith.<ref>Hildebrand, GH. (1982) Borax Pioneer: Francis Marion Smith. San Diego: Howell-North Books. p 31 Template:ISBN</ref>
UsesEdit
Colemanite was the most important ore of boron until the discovery of kernite in 1926. It has many industrial uses such as in heat resistant glass manufacturing.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
OccurrenceEdit
About 40% of the world's known colemanite reserves are at the Emet mine in western Turkey.<ref name="Eti Maden">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other important sources in Turkey are found at Bigadiç and Kestelek.<ref name="Borates Today">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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