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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
Discovered in 1850 in Norway, its name comes from the Greek “kata” and “pleios” which means “with many” in analogy with the fact that it is always associated with other minerals.
Discovered at Mont Saint-Hilaire in Canada by a team of the Carlton University in Ottawa, it was named after it.
It was identified in 1839 by a German mineralogist and named in honor of the Russian Finance Minister George Kankrin (1774-1845). This stone is particular : it is a silicate but effervesces with acid because it contains carbonates.
