[Clayart] Gerstly Borate - the source

[David Hendley]

Vince's story about the White Mountains of California reminded me of the time
I visited Boron, California.
It is close to Tehachapi, which is the first place I ever saw wind turbines, which
was quite an unusual sight 25 years ago.
Anyway, in Boron you can actually stand at the corner of Boron Street and
Gerstley Borate Drive. It is right down from the Boron Museum, where you
can learn the history of "20 Mule Team Borax" and purchase a souvenir chunk
of raw Gerstley Borate. I got a nice looking 2 pound piece.
There was a lot of dust everywhere, which I suspect was boron of one variety
or another.

What about the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy? Anyone have any
first hand knowledge?

David Hendley
david at farmpots.com
www.farmpots.com


----- Original Message ----- 
> The post about unknown glaze materials inspired me to tell this story.  Fred
> already identified one of the materials as dolomite.  There are huge
> deposits of dolomite in the Inyo and White Mountains of California across
> the Owens Valley east of the Sierra Nevada. 

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