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Kaliborite KHMG B O (OH) 4H O: Crystal Data

Kaliborite is a monoclinic borate mineral with the chemical formula KHMg2B12O16(OH)10-4H2O. It forms small crystals that are colorless to white or reddish brown with a vitreous luster. It has perfect cleavage along {001} and {101} planes and is slightly soluble in water. Kaliborite has a hardness of 4-4.5 and a density of 2.128 g/cm3. It is an uncommon component in marine potash deposits and rarely forms efflorescences. Associated minerals include boracite, pinnoite, and kainite.

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Kaliborite KHMG B O (OH) 4H O: Crystal Data

Kaliborite is a monoclinic borate mineral with the chemical formula KHMg2B12O16(OH)10-4H2O. It forms small crystals that are colorless to white or reddish brown with a vitreous luster. It has perfect cleavage along {001} and {101} planes and is slightly soluble in water. Kaliborite has a hardness of 4-4.5 and a density of 2.128 g/cm3. It is an uncommon component in marine potash deposits and rarely forms efflorescences. Associated minerals include boracite, pinnoite, and kainite.

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Kaliborite KHMg2 B12 O16 (OH)10 • 4H2 O

c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1

Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. Small crystals exhibit {100}, {111}, {110},
with a few additional forms, typically with uneven face development; in powdery aggregates,
granular, massive.

Physical Properties: Cleavage: On {001}, {101}, perfect; on {100}, good. Hardness = 4–4.5
D(meas.) = 2.128 D(calc.) = [2.110] Slightly soluble in H2 O.

Optical Properties: Transparent. Color: Colorless to white, uncommonly reddish brown;


colorless in transmitted light. Luster: Vitreous.
Optical Class: Biaxial (+). Orientation: Y = b; Z ∧ c = 64◦ 300 . α = 1.508 β = 1.526–1.527
γ = 1.549–1.550 2V(meas.) = 80◦ 380

Cell Data: Space Group: C2/c. a = 18.572(6) b = 8.466(3) c = 14.689(5)


β = 100.02(3)◦ Z = 4

X-ray Powder Pattern: Leopoldshall, Germany.


7.22 (100), 6.215 (100), 3.104 (71), 2.488 (71), 3.837 (50), 3.770 (50), 3.359 (50)

Chemistry: (1) (2)


B2 O3 [57.46] 58.30
MgO 12.06 11.25
K2 O 6.48 6.57
H2 O 24.00 23.88
Total [100.00] 100.00
(1) Schmidtmannshall, Germany; B2 O3 by difference. (2) KHMg2 B12 O16 (OH)10 • 4H2 O.

Occurrence: An uncommon component in marine potash deposits; rarely in efflorescences.

Association: Boracite, pinnoite, kainite (Germany); anhydrite, halite (Inder deposit,


Kazakhstan).

Distribution: In Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt, from Schmidtmannshall, near Aschersleben;


Neustassfurt and Leopoldshall, in Stassfurt, 34 km south of Magdeburg. At Sallent-Balsareny,
Barcelona Province, Spain. From Monte Sambuco, Calascibetta, Sicily, Italy. At the Inder borate
deposit, Kazakhstan. In the USA, from the Eagle Borax Spring, Furnace Creek district, Death
Valley, Inyo Co., California.

Name: For potassium, KALIum, and BORate in the composition.

References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman, and C. Frondel (1951) Dana’s system of mineralogy,
(7th edition), v. II, 367–368. (2) Mrose, M.E. and W.T. Schaller (1965) The identity of paternoite
with kaliborite (K2 O • 4MgO • 11B2 O3 • 18H2 O). Amer. Mineral., 50, 1079–1083. (3) Burns, P.C.
and F.C. Hawthorne (1994) Kaliborite: an example of a crystallographically symmetrical hydrogen
bond. Can. Mineral., 32, 885–894.

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