A naturally occurring mineral or synthetic compound containing fluorine and boron.
From fluor- + borite (mineral form). The -ite suffix indicates a mineral or crystalline compound, following standard mineralogical nomenclature.
Many fluorine-boron minerals are so rare that chemists have to synthesize fluoborite compounds in laboratories, but studying these minerals helps us understand Earth's geological processes.
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