Table Borate minerals occurring in Turkish and Argentine Miocene borate deposits Turkish borate deposits Mineral Formula Bigadic¸ Inyoite Meyerhofferite Colemanite Tertschite Pandermite (priceite) Nobleite Gowerite Ginorite Ca2B6O11 13H2O Ca2B6O11 7H2O Ca2B6O11 5H2O Ca4B10O19 20H2O Ca4B10O19 7H2O CaB6O10 4H2O CaB6O10 5H2O Ca2B14O23 8H2O ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ Ulexite Probertite NaCaB5O9 8H2O NaCaB5O9 5H2O ỵ ỵ Borax Tincalconite Kernite Ezcurrite Ameghinite Na2B4O7 10H2O Na2B4O7 5H2O Na2B4O7 4H2O Na4B10O17 7H2O NaB3O5 2H2O Hydroboracite Inderborite Inderite Kurnakovite Rivadavite Mcallisterite Tunellite Veatchite A Teruggite Cahnite Howlite Bakerite Searlesite Aristarainite Estroncioginorite CaMgB6O11 6H2O CaMgB6O11 11H2O Mg2B6O11 15H2O Mg2B6O11 15H2O Na6MgB24O40 22H2O Mg2B12O20 15H2O SrB6O10 4H2O Sr4B22O37 7H2O Ca4MgAs2B12O28 20H2O Ca2BAsO6 2H2O Ca4Si2B10O23 5H2O Ca8B10Si6O35 5H2O NaBSi2O6 H2O Na2MgB12O20 8H2O (Sr,Ca)2 B10O17 7H2O Sultanc¸ayir Argentine borate deposits Kestelek Emet Kirka Tincalayu Sijes Loma Blanca ỵ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ Ca borates ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ Ca/Na borates ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ ỵ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ Na borates þ þ Other borates þ, present; , not present þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ MINERALS/Borates 513 (Mg) (Mg) (Mg) (Mg) (Mg) (Mg) (Sr) (Sr) (As) (As) (Si) (Si) (Si) (Na Mg) (Ca Sr)