Min. [f. prec. + -ITE.] Native borate of magnesia.
1810. Henry, Elem. Chem. (1826), I. 619. A natural compound of boracic acid and magnesia … found near Luneburg in Germany, and known by the name of boracite.
1811. Pinkerton, Petral., I. 487. [Gypsum] contains … in rare instances arragonite and boracite.
