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    Howlite
    How
    Ca2SiB5O9(OH)5
    Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5
    Ca B Si O H
    Dana J D, Brush G J (1868) 601. Howlite. in A System of Mineralogy, Fifth Edition, John Wiley and Sons (New York) 598-598  [view file]
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    Dana J D, Brush G J (1868) 601. Howlite. in A System of Mineralogy, Fifth Edition, John Wiley and Sons (New York) 598-598  [view file]
    Finney J J, Kumbasar I, Konnert J A, Clark J R (1970) Crystal structure of the calcium silicoborate, howlite. American Mineralogist 55, 716-728  [view file]
    Grice J D, Gault R A, Van Velthuizen J (2005) Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist 43, 1469-1487  [view file]
    Griffen D T (1988) Howlite, Ca2SiB5O9(OH)5: Structure refinement and hydrogen bonding. American Mineralogist 73, 1138-1141  [view file]
    Hanks H G (1883) Report on the borax deposits of California and Nevada, Borax minerals and those containing boracic acid in small quantities. California State Mining Bureau 3, 81-89  [view file]
    How H (1868) II. Contributions to the mineralogy of Nova Scotia. III. Borates and other minerals in anhydrite and gypsum. Silicoborocalcite, a new mineral. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 35, 32-41  [view file]
    Papezik V S, Fong C C K (1976) Howlite and ulexite from carboniferous gypsum and anhydrite beds in western Newfoundland — addendum. The Canadian Mineralogist 14, 393-393  [view file]
    Papezik V S, Fong C C K (1975) Howlite and ulexite from the carboniferous gypsum and anhydrite beds in western Newfoundland. The Canadian Mineralogist 13, 370-376  [view file]