Borax R070168
Name: Borax
RRUFF ID: R070168
Ideal Chemistry: Na2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O
Locality: Boron, Kramer District, Kern County, California, USA
Source: Michael Scott S101857 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic single crystal associated with tincalconite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070168.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na2.00B4O5(OH)4ยท8H2O ; = lighter phase. Darker phase is probably tincalconite; B, H, O not measured but estimated by stoichiometry
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070168
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R070168.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070168.1
Sample Description: Powder, mixture with tincalconite; a: 11.125(2), c: 21.198(7)
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.8774(9)Å    b: 10.6487(3)Å    c: 12.200(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 106.581(7)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1478.9(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Borax

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Agricola G (1556) Borax, in De Re Metallica, translated by Hoover H C and Hoover L H 1950 Dover New York 560-560   [view file]

Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm   [view file]

Wallerius J G, Denso J D (1750) Borax, in Mineralolgie oder Mineralreich Berlegts Christoph Gottlieb Nicolai Berlin 246-250   [view file]

Morimoto N (1956) The crystal structure of borax, Mineralogical Journal, 2, 1-18

Levy H A, Lisensky G C (1978) Crystal structures of sodium sulfate decahydrate (Glauber's salt) and sodium tetraborate decahydrate (borax). Redetermination by neutron diffraction, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 3502-3510

Li J, Xia S, Gao S (1995) FT-IR and Raman spectroscopic study of hydrated borates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 51, 519-532

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970   [view file]

Gainsford G J, Kemmitt T, Higham C (2008) Redetermination of the borax structure from laboratory X-ray data at 145 K, Acta Crystallographica, E64, i24-i25