Priceite

{{Short description|White borate mineral}}

{{Infobox mineral

|image=File:Priceite 3154.jpg

|formula=Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-3281.html|title=Priceite on Mindat}}

| IMAsymbol = Pce{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3 |pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W |s2cid=235729616 |doi-access=free}}

|system=Monoclinic

|color=White; colourless in transmitted light

|mohs=3}}

Priceite is a white borate mineral. The mineral has been found in places such as Chetco, Oregon, Death Valley, and northwestern Turkey.{{Cite web|title=Priceite {{!}} mineral|url=https://www.britannica.com/science/priceite|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}} In 1862 small amounts of this mineral were mined from Chetco, Oregon.{{Cite book|last=Garrett|first=Donald E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yD1fifq7rdUC&q=Priceite&pg=PA166|title=Borates: Handbook of Deposits, Processing, Properties, and Use|date=1998-08-10|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-050021-8|pages=xiii|language=en}}

Priceite is rare and has only been found in a few ores.{{Cite book|last=Panczner|first=William D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=17_VBwAAQBAJ&q=Priceite&pg=PA301|title=Minerals of Mexico|date=2013-06-29|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4757-5848-1|pages=301|language=en}} It is related to colemanite.{{Cite book|last=Rutley|first=Frank|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tfyCAAAQBAJ&q=Priceite&pg=PA316|title=Rutley's Elements of Mineralogy|date=2012-12-06|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-011-9769-4|pages=316|language=en}}