A rare mineral consisting of boron and other elements, studied by mineralogists and geologists.
From 'boric' (relating to boron) plus the mineral suffix '-ite' (standard naming convention for minerals, from Greek 'lithos' meaning stone).
Borickite is so rare that most geologists never see a specimen—mineral collectors will drive hundreds of miles to document a new find, and sometimes a mineral is named before more than a handful of specimens have been discovered.
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