Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral consisting of borate and chlorid of magnesium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A mixed
chloride andborate ofmagnesium that occurs as a white to greencrystalline evaporite , with thechemical formula Mg 3B 7O 13Cl .
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The sanjak is rich in mineral wealth; silver mines are worked at Balia and boracite mines at
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The principal boron minerals are borax or "tincal" (hydrated sodium borate), colemanite (hydrated calcium borate), ulexite (hydrated calcium-sodium borate), and boracite (magnesium chloro-borate).
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When such water evaporates, it becomes concentrated, along with the magnesium and potassium salts, in the "mother liquor"; and upon complete evaporation, it crystallizes out as boracite and other rarer minerals.
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They were enclosed in the calcareous mass, as the quartz crystals of Burgtonna, * and the boracite of Lunebourg, are contained in gypsum.
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I was the more strongly stimulated to this inquiry by the beautiful electrical condition of the crystalline bodies tourmaline and boracite, and hoped also to discover a relation between electric polarity and that of crystallization, or even of cohesion itself (1316.).
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 Michael Faraday 1829
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They were enclosed in the calcareous mass, as the quartz crystals of Burgtonna, * (* In the duchy of Gotha.) and the boracite of
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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[14] Boric acid is a common constituent of several minerals such as borax, boracite, boronatrocaicite and colemanite.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Aton 2009
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[13] Boric acid is a common constituent of several minerals such as borax, boracite, boronatrocaicite and colemanite.
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[13] Boric acid is a common constituent of several minerals such as borax, boracite, boronatrocaicite and colemanite.
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