hydroboracite
Sign in to saveHydroboracite is a hydrated borate mineral (hence the name) of calcium and magnesium, whose chemical composition is CaMgB6O8(OH)6·3H2O. It was discovered in 1834 in the Inder lake, Atyrau Province, Kazakhstan. Hydroboracite is a minor borate ore mineral.
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Within Vinony's link graph, hydroboracite is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to Kazakhstan, mineral and digital object identifier.
Vinony files it under Inoborates, Minerals in space group 13 and Monoclinic minerals.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Hydroboracite
- Mineral.image
- Hydroboracite-471230.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.category
- Inoborates
- Mineral.formula
- CaMgB6O8(OH)6·3H2O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Hbo
- Mineral.strunz
- 6.CB.15
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P2/c
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 11.76, b = 6.68 c = 8.23 [Å]; β = 102.59°; Z = 2
- Mineral.colour
- Colourless, white
- Mineral.mohs
- 2
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous, silky
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Transparent
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Biaxial (+)
- Mineral.refractive
- nα = 1.520 – 1.523 nβ = 1.534 – 1.535 nγ = 1.569 – 1.571
- Mineral.birefringence
- δ = 0.049
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Hydroboracite-239916.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hydroboracite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 6.CB.15
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 6.CB.15
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Hbo
- chemical formula
- CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- Vc/C.03
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hydroboracite is a hydrated borate mineral (hence the name) of calcium and magnesium, whose chemical composition is CaMgB6O8(OH)6·3H2O. It was discovered in 1834 in the Inder lake, Atyrau Province, Kazakhstan. Hydroboracite is a minor borate ore mineral.
== References ==
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