Mineralpedia Details for Fluoborite
Fluoborite
- Formula
- Mg3(BO3)F3
- Crystal System
- Hexagonal
- Crystal Habit
- Acicular, Prismatic, Stellate
- Cleavage
- Indistinct, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous - Silky
- Color
- colorless, violet, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Hexagonal - Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 3.5
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Fluoborite from Crystal Lake Road, Galway twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada
- Special Info
- Fluorescent
An obscure locality for this uncommon boron mineral. This specimen nearly all Fluoborite (fluorescent) and contains 2mm yellowish brown norbergite crystals.
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Fluoborite from Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States
White fibrous Fluoborite covering face of specimen. Coverage on backside.
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