# Priceite

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{{Short description|White borate mineral}}
{{Infobox mineral
|image=File:Priceite 3154.jpg
|formula=Ca<sub>2</sub>B<sub>5</sub>O<sub>7</sub>(OH)<sub>5</sub>·H<sub>2</sub>O<ref name=Mindat>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-3281.html|title=Priceite on Mindat}}</ref>
| IMAsymbol   = Pce<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3 |pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W |s2cid=235729616 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
|system=[Monoclinic](/source/Monoclinic)
|color=White; colourless in transmitted light
|mohs=3}}

'''Priceite''' is a white [borate mineral](/source/borate_mineral). The mineral has been found in places such as [Chetco, Oregon](/source/Chetco%2C_Oregon), [Death Valley](/source/Death_Valley), and northwestern [Turkey](/source/Turkey).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Priceite {{!}} mineral|url=https://www.britannica.com/science/priceite|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> In 1862 small amounts of this mineral were mined from Chetco, Oregon.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Garrett|first=Donald E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yD1fifq7rdUC&q=Priceite&pg=PA166|title=Borates: Handbook of Deposits, Processing, Properties, and Use|date=1998-08-10|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-050021-8|pages=xiii|language=en}}</ref>

Priceite is rare and has only been found in a few [ore](/source/ore)s.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Panczner|first=William D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=17_VBwAAQBAJ&q=Priceite&pg=PA301|title=Minerals of Mexico|date=2013-06-29|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4757-5848-1|pages=301|language=en}}</ref> It is related to [colemanite](/source/colemanite).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rutley|first=Frank|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tfyCAAAQBAJ&q=Priceite&pg=PA316|title=Rutley's Elements of Mineralogy|date=2012-12-06|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-011-9769-4|pages=316|language=en}}</ref>

== Name and etymology ==
The mineral is named after Thomas Price who is the first to study the mineral.<ref name=Mindat/> The mineral's former name was '''pandermite''' after the [Panderma area](/source/Band%C4%B1rma) in [Turkey](/source/Turkey).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-20|title=Priceite|url=https://nationalgemlab.in/priceite/|access-date=2021-09-03|website=National Gem Lab|language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==

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Category:Borate minerals

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