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Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: NaCa2[B9O14(OH)4]•2(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 528.49 gm
   Sodium     4.35 %  Na    5.86 % Na2O
   Calcium   15.17 %  Ca   21.22 % CaO
   Boron     18.41 %  B    59.28 % B2O3
   Hydrogen   1.53 %  H    13.64 % H2O
   Oxygen    60.55 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: NaCa2B9O14(OH)4•2(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: In a borate deposit.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1995
Help on Locality: Locality: In the Pobrdzhsky Potok and Peskanya deposits, 280 km south of Belgrade, near the town of Balevats on the Jbar River, western Serbia, Yugoslavia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: For the Serbian cloister Studenitsa near the occurrence.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Studenitsite + Pronunciation Say STUDENITSITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 39758
  IMA1994-026
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