borates

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inderite crystal from Turkey

inderite

It owes its name to Lake Inder in Kazakhstan where it was discovered in 1937.

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hambergite rectangular cut

hambergite

It honors the Swedish mineralogist Axel Hamberg (1863-1933).

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colemanite crystal from California in U.S.

colemanite

It pays tribute to W. Coleman (1824-1893), founder of the borax industry in California.

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chambersite fancy cut

chambersite

New mineral discovered in 1957 in Texas, in Chambers County (Barber’s Hill salt dome), hence its name. The crystals were found in the brine returns from a gas drilling because it is a borate insoluble in water. Thereafter deposits were discovered in Louisiana, Canada, and

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fancy cut boracite

boracite

It takes its name from its boron content, it was discovered in Germany in Lower Saxony in 1789.

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