Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Fluoborite has a chemical formula of Mg3(BO3)(FOH)3. Its name comes from its main chemical components FLUOrine and BORon. It was first described in 1926.Fluoborite’s crystal system is hexagonal meaning it has one six-fold axis of rotation. It also has a mirror plane perpendicular to the c-axis. Fluoborite is uniaxial just like all other hexagonal minerals. Uniaxial means it has only one optic axis. It is anisotropic. Its relief is low and it is birefringent.