Min. [a. Quichua (Peruvian) t’isa to card wool; from its fibrous appearance (Webster, 1911).] Ulexite or hayesine.
1865. Page, Handbk. Geol. Terms (ed. 2), Tiza, the name by which borate of lime (Hayesine) is called in southern Peru, where it occurs on the dry plains or salinas in the neighbourhood of Iquique in white reniform masses.
1868. Dana, Min., 599. Ulexite … occurs … in the province of Tarapaca (where it is called tiza).
