[Rockhounds] Question on Boracite

[Doug Bank]

IS anything coming out of Searles Lake? I thought there was an earthquake out there a couple of years ago that closed everything up. (Then COVID really closed everything up.)

I looked at a few related sites, and I see a lot of CANCELLED notices with regard to 2021 activities. 

Doug

> On Jul 6, 2021, at 7:05 PM, Andrew Turner <turnea55 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Doug,
> 
> Looks like many of us came to the same conclusions.  Alfredo is, by far, the best authority on all things Bolivian.  Great guy as well.
> 
> Without going too much into the weeds, I absolutely agree that you should always be skeptical of certain mineral dealers and their descriptions.  I had a run in with Lavinsky when a description wasn't even in the correct country and a halite from Searles Lake where he claimed that it was the only material left and nothing else is coming out (although there is a field trip there every year to collect them).  There are some great mineral people that have great knowledge, unfortunately some of the larger commercial dealers sometimes know very little.
> 
> Andrew Turner
> Salt Lake City, UT