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    Boralsilite
    Bor
    Al16B6O30(Si2O7)
    Al16B6O30(Si2O7)
    Al B O Si
    Grew E S, McGee J J, Yates M G, Peacor D R, Rouse R C, Huijsmans J P P, Shearer C K, Weidenbeck M, Thost D E, Su S (1998) Boralsilite (Al16B6Si2O37): A new mineral related to sillimanite from pegmatites in granulite-facies rocks. American Mineralogist 83, 638-651  [view file]
    Grew E S, McGee J J, Yates M G, Peacor D R, Rouse R C, Huijsmans J P P, Shearer C K, Weidenbeck M, Thost D E, Su S (1998) Boralsilite (Al16B6Si2O37): A new mineral related to sillimanite from pegmatites in granulite-facies rocks. American Mineralogist 83, 638-651  [view file]
    Peacor D R, Rouse R C, Grew E S (1999) Crystal structure of boralsilite and its relation to a family of boroaluminosilicates, sillimanite, and andalusite. American Mineralogist 84, 1152-1161  [view file]
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    Cempírek J, Grew E S, Kampf A R, Ma C, Novák M, Gadas P, Škoda R, Galiová M V, Pezzotta F, Groat L A, Krivovichev S V (2016) Vránaite, ideally Al16B4Si4O38, a new mineral related to boralsilite, Al16B6Si2O37, from the Manjaka pegmatite, Sahatany Valley, Madagascar. American Mineralogist 101, 2108-2117  [view file]
    Fischer R X, Kahlenberg V, Voll D, MacKenzie K J D, Smith M E, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J, Schneider H (2008) Crystal structure of synthetic Al4B2O9: A member of the mullite family closely related to boralsilite. American Mineralogist 93, 918-927  [view file]
    Grew E S, Graetsch H A, Pöter B, Yates M G, Buick I, Bernhardt H-J, Schreyer W, Werding G, Carson C J, Clarke G L (2008) Boralsilite, Al16B6Si2O37, and "boron-mullite:" Compositional variations and associated phases in experiment and nature. American Mineralogist 93, 283-299  [view file]
    Grew E S, McGee J J, Yates M G, Peacor D R, Rouse R C, Huijsmans J P P, Shearer C K, Weidenbeck M, Thost D E, Su S (1998) Boralsilite (Al16B6Si2O37): A new mineral related to sillimanite from pegmatites in granulite-facies rocks. American Mineralogist 83, 638-651  [view file]
    Peacor D R, Rouse R C, Grew E S (1999) Crystal structure of boralsilite and its relation to a family of boroaluminosilicates, sillimanite, and andalusite. American Mineralogist 84, 1152-1161  [view file]