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Calciborite

Year of discovery: 1956 (Novofrolovskoye B deposit, Russia), 2012 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of calciborite

• CaB₂O₄
• [Ca²⁺][B₂O₄]^2-

• Class: Ino-Borate

• Color: White
• Streak: White
• Luster: Silky
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 3.5
• Density: 2.9

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pccn
• Lattice: a=8.4, b=13.8, c=5.0