Calcium metaborate

Image

White crystals of calciborite from the type locality, Novofrolovskoye Deposit, Turjinsk, Turya River, Krasnotur'insk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation

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Properties

Formula CaB2O4
Luminescence emitters Defect or impurity, Self trapped exciton
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Related materials Calciborite
Crystal symmetry Orthorhombic, Point group mmm, Space group Pccn (#56)
Tags Compound

Composition

Element Atoms
Ca 1
O 4
B 2
Total: 7

Reference

Reference Lines Spectra Images
Berezovskaya et al. 2007 5 0 0