Bakerite is the common name given to hydrated calcium boro-silicate hydroxide, a
borosilicate mineral (chemical formula Ca
4B
4(BO
4)(SiO
4)
3(OH)
3·(H
2O)) that occurs in
volcanic rocks in the
Baker, California area. Discredited mineral: IMA2016-A.
It was first described in 1903 for an occurrence in the Corkscrew Canyon Mine of the
Black Mountains,
Furnace Creek District,
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park is an American national park that straddles the California–Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada. The park boundaries include Death Valley, the northern section of Panamint Valley, the southern section of Eureka ...
,
Inyo County, California, US.
[Mindat.org]
/ref> It was named for Richard C. Baker
Richard C. Baker (1858 – 1937) was the British business partner of Francis Marion "Borax" Smith and eventually became president of the Pacific Coast Borax Company and the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad.
In 1899, "Borax" Smith, founder of Pacific ...
, a director of the Pacific Coast Borax Company.[Handbook of Mineralogy]
/ref>[Hildebrand, GH. (1982) Borax Pioneer: Francis Marion Smith. San Diego: Howell-North Books. p. 89. ()]
References
Borate minerals
Nesosilicates
Monoclinic minerals
Minerals in space group 14
Borosilicates
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