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Definition of Prismatic borax

Prismatic borax
Prismatic Pris*mat"ic, Prismatical Pris*mat"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. prismatique.] 1. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage. 2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors. 3. (Crystallog.) Same as Orthorhombic. Prismatic borax (Chem.), borax crystallized in the form of oblique prisms, with ten molecules of water; -- distinguished from octahedral borax. Prismatic colors (Opt.), the seven colors into which light is resolved when passed through a prism; primary colors. See Primary colors, under Color. Prismatic compass (Surv.), a compass having a prism for viewing a distant object and the compass card at the same time. Prismatic spectrum (Opt.), the spectrum produced by the passage of light through a prism.

Meaning of Prismatic borax from wikipedia

- chief source of commercial borax. Borax first reached Western civilization as tincal mined from deposits in Tibet. The term borax comes from the Arabic bauraq...
- crystallizing in the monoclinic crystal system typically occurring as prismatic to acicular crystals or granular m****es. It is relatively soft with Mohs...
- to yellow or light green radial fibrous clusters and rarely as short prismatic crystals. Pinnoite was first described in 1884 for an occurrence in the...
- environments. Colemanite is a secondary mineral that forms by alteration of borax and ulexite. It was first described in 1884 for an occurrence near Furnace...
- (pin ****emblies) 285000 285 MW(e) Th+233 U Driver fuel, oxide pellets BORAX-IV & Elk River Station 1963–1968 United States BWR (pin ****emblies) 002400...
- thermonatrite, thenardite, halite, ****lussite, burkeite, northupite and borax. It has been reported in a Roman conduit at Stufe de Nerone, Campi Flegrei...
- to alleviate the symptoms of arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. Borax springs Gypsum springs Saline springs Iron springs (chalybeate spring) Radium...
- Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California; and the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina. Kurnakovite...
- US. It was named for Richard C. Baker, a director of the Pacific Coast Borax Company. "Bakerite mineral data". WebMineral.com. Archived from the original...
- Blossite Bobfergusonite Boehmite Boleite Boltwoodite Bonaccordite Boracite Borax Bornite Botallackite Botryogen Boulangerite Bournonite Boussingaultite Bowieite...