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Pringleite Mineral Data

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General Pringleite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ca9B26O34(OH)24Cl4•13(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,969.93 gm
   Calcium   18.31 %  Ca   25.62 % CaO
   Boron     14.27 %  B    45.94 % B2O3
   Hydrogen   2.56 %  H    22.86 % H2O
   Chlorine   7.20 %  Cl    7.20 % Cl
               -   %   Cl   -1.62 % -O=Cl2   
   Oxygen    57.66 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ca9B26O34(OH)24Cl4•13(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: Found in an evaporite deposit. Dimorphous with ruitenbergite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1993
Help on Locality: Locality: Potash Corporation of America mine, Penobsquis evaporite deposit, near Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Gordon J. Pringle (1944- ), mineralogist, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Pringleite + Pronunciation Say PRINGLEITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 76888
  IMA1992-010
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