# Aksaite

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{{Infobox mineral
| name        = Aksaite
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| image       = Aksaite.jpg
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| caption     = Pale grey crystals of aksaite
| category    = [Nesoborates](/source/Nesoborates)
| formula     = [Mg](/source/magnesium)<nowiki>[</nowiki>[B](/source/boron)<sub>6</sub>[O](/source/oxygen)<sub>7</sub>([OH](/source/hydroxide))<sub>6</sub>]·2[H](/source/hydrogen)<sub>2</sub>O
|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](/source/Orthorhombic) <br/>Dipyramidal class
| symmetry    = Orthorhombic <br/>[H-M symbol](/source/H-M_symbol): (2/m 2/m 2/m) <br/>[Space group](/source/Space_group): ''P''bca
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| color       = Colorless, white to pale grey
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| cleavage    = Distinct/Good; Probable on {100} and {010}
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| mohs        = 2.5
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| streak      = White
| diaphaneity = Transparent to translucent
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| opticalprop = Biaxial (−)
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| birefringence = δ = 0.055
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| 2V          = Measured = 88°; Calculated = 78° 
| dispersion  = None
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| 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>
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'''Aksaite''' ([Mg](/source/magnesium)<nowiki>[</nowiki>[B](/source/boron)<sub>6</sub>[O](/source/oxygen)<sub>7</sub>([OH](/source/hydroxide))<sub>6</sub>]·2[H](/source/hydrogen)<sub>2</sub>O) is a [mineral](/source/mineral) found in [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan).

==Etymology and History==
Aksaite is named after the place it was discovered, [''Ak-say''](/source/Aksay%2C_West_Kazakhstan) (''lit.'' White Glen). It was found in 1963 in [Chelkar Salt Dome](/source/Chelkar_Salt_Dome), [Ak-say](/source/Aksay%2C_West_Kazakhstan) Valley, [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan).

==References==
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Category:Nesoborates
Category:Magnesium minerals

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