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Biringuccite

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To honour Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480–1538/9), alchemist and metallurgist, author of the Pirotechnia.

Type Material: University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 16802/703; National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 163785.

Water soluble, occurs as scales on piping in a geothermal field.

Associates with nasinite, thenardite, orpiment & quartz.

Type Locality
Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Mineral Data
Na2B5O8(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
6.EC.05
Physical Properties
Colour: 
Colourless
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
N.D. -