ulexite
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ulexite_w-clay_and_realgar_Hydrous_sodium_calcium_borate_Boron_Kern_County_California_1866.jpg/220px-Ulexite_w-clay_and_realgar_Hydrous_sodium_calcium_borate_Boron_Kern_County_California_1866.jpg)
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Etymology
[edit]Named after the German chemist Georg Ludwig Ulex (1811-1883) + -ite.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ulexite (plural ulexites)
- (mineralogy) A white mineral with triclinic crystals, NaCaB5O9·8H2O, noted for its fibers which transmit light by internal reflection, such that a piece with flat faces perpendicular to the fibers' orientation displays an image of whatever is adjacent to its other side.
Translations
[edit]mineral
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Ulexite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “ulexite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951