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Editorial material shelf

Borates & silicoborates.

Boron-rich mineral species, kept distinct from the silicate shelf.

Keep each chapter’s scientific identity: a family, species, variety, trade label, rock and fossil are different kinds of names.

howlite reference object

Howlite ↗

Mineral species

Howlite is often encountered as white beads with gray markings. In its natural nodular form it can look very different from the smooth surface of a polished bracelet.

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