Item talk:Q162264
From geokb
Mindat Short Description
May dehydrate to tincalconite.
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication: Agricola G (1556) Borax, in De Re Metallica, translated by H C Hoover and L H Hoover 1950, 560-560
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Na2B4O5(OH)4 · 8H2O
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Na2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O
