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Mindat Short Description

The structure of Searlesite contains sheets, consisting of kinked pyroxene-like polysilicate chains that are linked by (H2BO4) tetrahedra, classifying it as a phyllo-borosilicate. The silicate chains contain two crystallographically distinct Si sites, ...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Larsen E S, Hicks W B (1914) Searlesite, a new mineral, American Journal of Science 38, 437-440

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

NaBSi2O5(OH)2

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

NaBSi2O5(OH)2

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