Labels:book | bulletin board | hakham | reckoner | sky | web site OCR: BORAX PROFILE Borax forms short. prismatic crystals which are rarely twinned 1t also occurs massive habit and as crusts Borax is white colorless gray, greenish. or bluish The streak white It is a transparent to opaque mineral with vitreous (glass -like) or earthy luster FORMATION Borax forms around hot springs and in evaporite deposits TESTS Borax dissolves in water It fuses easily, coloring the flame yellow In time loses water and turns white Borax has taste bittersweet
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