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Santite

Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy

Santite

Eagle Borax Spring, Inyo County, California, USA

Sborgite

Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA

Santite

Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy

Santite

Eagle Borax Spring, Inyo County, California, USA

Sborgite

Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA

Santite

Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy

Santite

Eagle Borax Spring, Inyo County, California, USA

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About Sborgite GroupHide

This page provides mineralogical data about Sborgite Group.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

35810

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:35810:7

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0009465	Sborgite	Merlino S, Sartori F (1972) The crystal structure of sborgite, NaB5O6(OH)43H2O* Acta Crystallographica B28 3559-3567	1972	synthetic	293
0010569	Santite	Zachariasen W H (1937) The crystal structure of potassium acid dihydronium pentaborate KH2(H3O)2B5O10, (potassium pentaborate tetrahydrate) Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 98 266-274	1937	synthetic	293
0018018	Santite	Zachariasen W (1938) The crystal structure of potassium acid dihydronium pentaborate K H2 (H3 O)2 B5 O10, (potassium pentaborate tetrahydrate) _cod_database_code 1011124 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 98 266-274	1938		293

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data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Sborgite'
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_publ_author_name
'Merlino S'
'Sartori F'
_journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica, Section B'
_journal_volume 28 
_journal_year 1972
_journal_page_first 3559
_journal_page_last 3567
_publ_section_title
;
 The crystal structure of sborgite, NaB5O6(OH)4*3H2O
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_database_code_amcsd 0009465
_chemical_compound_source 'Synthetic'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Na B5 O13 H10'
_cell_length_a 11.119
_cell_length_b 16.474
_cell_length_c 13.576
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 112.83
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 2291.962
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      1.711
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'C 1 2/c 1'
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_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '1/2+x,1/2+y,z'
  'x,-y,1/2+z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
  '-x,y,1/2-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2-y,-z'
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_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
Na1   0.00000   0.15280   0.25000
Na2   0.50000   0.12280   0.25000
B1   0.25000   0.41610   0.17690
B2   0.32120   0.34330   0.04800
B3   0.13870   0.43100  -0.01890
B4   0.25520   0.38630   0.35710
B5   0.38670   0.49400   0.33580
O2   0.22640   0.38270  -0.03840
O4   0.32810   0.35610   0.14870
O5   0.14060   0.44480   0.07980
O6   0.19790   0.37840   0.24910
O7   0.32910   0.48740   0.22780
O9   0.36120   0.44030   0.40180
O-h1   0.40380   0.29250   0.02590
O-h3   0.04130   0.46350  -0.10980
O-h8   0.21890   0.34490   0.42590
O-h10   0.47500   0.55620   0.37550
Ow11   0.01580   0.26090   0.13860
Ow12   0.22780   0.14220   0.35880
Ow13   0.39980   0.22710   0.30140
H1   0.47700   0.26700   0.08900
H3  -0.01800   0.49000  -0.08100
H8   0.12100   0.31600   0.40000
H10   0.48500   0.55600   0.45300
H111   0.09100   0.30100   0.16200
H112   0.03600   0.24000   0.07400
H121   0.23600   0.14900   0.43600
H122   0.24200   0.07700   0.35300
H131   0.37900   0.26800   0.25000
H132   0.32700   0.21500   0.32700
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_atom_site_aniso_label
_atom_site_aniso_U_11
_atom_site_aniso_U_22
_atom_site_aniso_U_33
_atom_site_aniso_U_12
_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
Na1 0.02341 0.02750 0.02062 0.00000 0.00650 0.00000
Na2 0.09843 0.03162 0.02697 0.00000 0.03638 0.00000
B1 0.02235 0.02887 0.00714 0.00086 0.00000 0.00313
B2 0.01969 0.02337 0.02697 0.00257 0.01234 -0.00104
B3 0.02288 0.02750 0.01745 0.00086 0.00520 0.00418
B4 0.03086 0.02337 0.01348 -0.00171 0.00780 -0.00209
B5 0.02181 0.02475 0.01269 -0.00257 0.00325 -0.00313
O2 0.03671 0.03575 0.01348 0.01026 0.00780 0.00313
O4 0.02767 0.02887 0.01507 0.00513 0.00520 0.00209
O5 0.02235 0.03025 0.01190 0.00684 0.00195 -0.00104
O6 0.02607 0.02750 0.01269 -0.00684 0.00195 -0.00522
O7 0.02873 0.02475 0.01031 -0.00086 0.00130 -0.00104
O9 0.02288 0.02750 0.01348 -0.01283 0.00130 0.00000
O-h1 0.03884 0.03987 0.01983 0.01197 0.01169 0.00104
O-h3 0.04203 0.04675 0.00793 0.01882 -0.00585 0.00209
O-h8 0.03884 0.04400 0.01745 -0.01796 0.00974 0.00104
O-h10 0.03139 0.02887 0.01904 -0.01539 0.00585 -0.00104
Ow11 0.02235 0.03162 0.02459 -0.00342 0.00844 -0.00418
Ow12 0.02926 0.02750 0.02697 -0.00342 0.00520 -0.00418
Ow13 0.03405 0.03987 0.02617 -0.00086 0.00974 0.00418

Relationship of Sborgite Group to other SpeciesHide

Sborgite Group Members:

Santite	K[B₅O₆(OH)₄] · 2H₂O	Orth. mm2 : Aba2
Sborgite	Na[B₅O₆(OH)₄] · 3H₂O	Mon. 2/m : B2/b

Minerals structurally related to group:

'Santite'	K[B₅O₆(OH)₄] · 2H₂O
'Sborgite'	Na[B₅O₆(OH)₄] · 3H₂O

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Italy
Sicily Metropolitan City of Messina Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands) Lipari Vulcano Island ⓘ La Fossa crater	[Santite] Campostrini et al. (2010)
Tuscany Pisa Province Pomarance ⓘ Larderello	[Santite, Sborgite] Merlino et al. (1970) +1 other reference

Kazakhstan
West Kazakhstan Region Terekti District Aksai Valley ⓘ Chelkar salt dome	[Santite] Коротченкова et al. (2016)

Sweden
Stockholm County Stockholm ⓘ Vasa Museum	[Sborgite] The Sulfur Problem. Proceedings 8th ... +1 other reference

USA
California Inyo County ⓘ Eagle Borax Spring	[Santite] a spectroscopic exploration. Economic ... +1 other reference
ⓘ Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District)	[Sborgite] McAllister (1961)
Ryan ⓘ Hard Scramble claim	[Sborgite] Anthony et al. (2003)
ⓘ Widow No. 3 Mine (New Widow)	[Sborgite] McAllister (1961) +2 other references
Twenty Mule Team Canyon ⓘ South Meridian claim	[Sborgite] Erd et al. (1979)
ⓘ Twenty Mule Team Road occurrences	[Sborgite] McAllister (1961) +2 other references

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