After years of attempting to work in good faith towards a resolution, Searles Valley Minerals filed a Public Records Act case against the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority (GA). The ...

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...

Earth-originating examples of minerals found in Bennu samples ... Gaylussite (white coating) from Searles Lake, California, U.S. (NMNH 102881) on trona. Gaylussite (water-bearing sodium calcium ...

According to a January 2025 study published in Nature, the Bennu asteroid samples contain six of the same minerals observed at San Bernardino County’s Searles Lake: calcite, dolomite ...