Burkeite from
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

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Burkeite

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Burkeite

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Burkeite

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Burkeite

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Burkeite

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Burkeite

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Burkeite

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Burkeite

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Classification
Locality type:	Saline Lake
Species:	Burkeite
Formula:	Na₆(CO₃)(SO₄)₂
Comments:	Occurs chiefly in the lower salt; some fine-grained in the upper salt; pods and nodules in the mixed layer.
Confirmation
Validity:	Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:	Borax Calcite Gaylussite Halite Hanksite Northupite Sulphohalite Thénardite Trona Tychite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Halite	12
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Burkeite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (15 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	58452
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:58452:0
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Burkeite in this Region
Well G.75, Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Burkeite

84.0km (52.2 miles)	ⓘ Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
References
*Foshag, William F. (1935) Burkeite, a new mineral species from Searles Lake, California. American Mineralogist, 20 (1) 50-56* Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons. Smith, George Irving & D.V. Haines (1964), Character and distribution of nonclastic minerals in the Searles Lake evaporite deposit, California: USGS Bulletin 1181-P: 50 Mineralogical Magazine (1979): 43: 341. *Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.*

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Burkeite from Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Burkeite from
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA