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Name   Boracite
Chemistry   Mg3[Cl|B7O13]
Hardness   7
Lustre   vitereous
Colour   colourless, white, also bluish, greenish, grey, yellowish
Streak   white 
Density [g/cm3]   3.0
Crystal habit   orthorhombic, mimetic (shows higher grade of symmetry), pseudocubic
Cleavage, Fracture   fracture conchoidal
other characteristics and occurrences   massive and dense, in marine evaporites
   
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