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borosilicate

[¦bȯr·ō′sil·i·kət]
(mineralogy)
A salt of boric and silicic acids which occurs in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, and dumortierite.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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