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The spectacular borates of Shijiangshan, Inner Mongolia A.R. (China)

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[alfredo]

It's amazing how similar these associations are to the Fuka mine in Japan, although the Chinese crystals have grown much bigger.

[Roger Warin]

Boron is a strange chemical element. Very oxyphilic, it is the first competitor of silicon, even in dishwashers!
It can participate in astonishing crystalline structures provided that there is no silicon. It also destroys certain granites to make tourmalines...