searlesite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Searles + -ite, after John W. Searles, Californian pioneer.
Noun
[edit]searlesite (plural searlesites)
- (mineralogy) A sodium borosilicate mineral, an important ore of borax.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Searlesite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “searlesite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.