Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Chambersite is a manganese borate mineral with formula:Mn3B7O13Cl. It is a member of the borate mineral series that includes other minerals such as ericacite Fe3B7O13Cl and boracite Mg3B7O13Cl. When chambersite was first discovered it was the second chemical analogue of boracite to be found in nature. It was discovered as a mineral at Barber’s Hill salt dome in Texas in 1957 and in 1971 at the Dongshuichang deposit in Jixian Tianjin China.
