Info: Borax is often found in grain or fibre masses, short fat table crystals often grow on compact masses of other minerals.
How to recognize: In time borax looses water and becomes tinkalkonite. This mineral creates the white facet of the crystal.
Found: Borax was found in Tibet, Iran and USA.
| Crystal structure |
| Monoclinic |
| Hardness |
| 2 - 2,5 |
| Colour |
| Colourless, white, grey, yellow |
| Luster |
| Glass, pitchy, oily. |
