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Calciborite

calciborite

CaB2O4

Calciborite: Mineral information, data and localities.

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Overview

Calciborite, CaB2O4, is a rare calcium borate mineral. It was first described in 1955 in the Novofrolovskoye copper–boron deposit, near Krasnoturinsk, Turinsk district, Northern Ural Mountains, Russia. It occurs in a skarn deposit formed in limestone adjacent to a quartz diorite intrusive. It occurs associated with: sibirskite (another rare calcium borate mineral), calcite, dolomite, garnet, magnetite and pyroxene. It has also been reported from the Fuka mine of Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

Scientific references

  1. Calciborite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3650236 Link
  2. Calciborite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calciborite Link