Aksaite

{{Infobox mineral | name = Aksaite | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Aksaite.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Pale grey crystals of aksaite | category = Nesoborates | formula = Mg<nowiki>[</nowiki>B₆O₇(OH)₆]·2H₂O |IMAsymbol=Aks<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/imacnmnc-approved-mineral-symbols/62311F45ED37831D78603C6E6B25EE0A|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|pages=291–320}}</ref> | strunz = 6.FA.05 | dana = 26.6.4.1 | system = Orthorhombic <br/>Dipyramidal class | symmetry = Orthorhombic <br/>H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) <br/>Space group: ''P''bca | unit cell = | molweight = | color = Colorless, white to pale grey | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = Distinct/Good; Probable on {100} and {010} | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = 2.5 | luster = | streak = White | diaphaneity = Transparent to translucent | gravity = | density = | polish = | opticalprop = Biaxial (−) | refractive = | birefringence = δ = 0.055 | pleochroism = | 2V = Measured = 88°; Calculated = 78° | dispersion = None | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = <ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-73.html Mindat.org]</ref><ref name=Webmin>[http://www.webmineral.com/data/Aksaite.shtml Webmineral.com Webmineral Data]</ref> }}

'''Aksaite''' (Mg<nowiki>[</nowiki>B₆O₇(OH)₆]·2H₂O) is a mineral found in Kazakhstan.

==Etymology and History== Aksaite is named after the place it was discovered, ''Ak-say'' (''lit.'' White Glen). It was found in 1963 in Chelkar Salt Dome, Ak-say Valley, Kazakhstan.

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Category:Nesoborates Category:Magnesium minerals

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