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Locality type:

Mine

Classification

Species:

Hydroboracite

Formula:

CaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2 · 3H2O

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Associated Minerals:

Associates:

Walkerite

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Szaibélyite

ⓘ1 photo of Hydroboracite associated with Szaibélyite at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Hydroboracite data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation of America Mine), Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

134967

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:134967:2

GUID (UUID V4):

942058a3-912d-482e-be7f-92ab5829430e

Nearest other occurrences of Hydroboracite

17.3km (10.7 miles)

ⓘMillstream deposit (Millstream property), Studholm Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada

24.8km (15.4 miles)

ⓘClover Hill deposit (Denison-Potacan mine; Potacan mine; Cassidy Potash mine), Salt Springs evaporite deposit, Hammond Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada

References

Grice, Joel D., Gault, Robert A., Van Velthuizen, Jerry, Pratt, Allen (2002) Walkerite, a new borate mineral species in an evaporitic sequence from Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist, 40 (6) 1675-1686 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.40.6.1675