About Ulexite
Hydrated sodium calcium borate, known for its white fibrous masses that exhibit a unique fiber-optic property ('TV Stone'). It's a stone of inner vision, intuition, and clarity, enhancing telepathy and imagination.
Primary Hues
Colorless, White, often forms acicular radiating fibrous masses ('cotton balls'), silky luster, exhibits fiber optic properties (transmits images)
Geological & Scientific Details
Ulexite is classified as a nesoborates mineral which typically crystallizes in the triclinic system. Its chemical formula is NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O. Common crystal habits include acicular to fibrous.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Nesoborates
- Chemical Formula: NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O
- IMA Symbol: Ulx[1]
- Crystal System: Triclinic
- Predominant Geological Color: Colorless to white
- Crystal Habit: Acicular to fibrous
- Twinning: Polysynthetic on {010} and {100}
- Cleavage: Perfect on {010} good on {110} poor on {110}
- Luster: Vitreous; silky or satiny in fibrous aggregates
- Streak: White
- Diaphaneity: Transparent to opaque
Associated Minerals
- Colemanite
- Borax
- Kernite
- Priceite
- Howlite
- Gypsum
- Calcite