tribokorroosio

Tribokorroosio is a fictional mineral species used in speculative geology and science fiction to illustrate the properties of triple-layer borosilicate structures. It is described in various fictional narratives as a complex mineral with a distinctive multi-layered crystal framework.

The name combines tri- meaning three, bor- referencing boron-rich composition, and -osio as an imaginative mineral suffix, reflecting its purported triple-layer structure.

In fictional accounts, tribokorroosio forms in high-temperature hydrothermal veins within a tri-border volcanic arc, and is reported to crystallize from borosilicate melts enriched in aluminum and iron. It is often described as occurring with quartz, magnetite, and feldspathic minerals, suggesting a volatile-rich geologic setting.

Crystals are described as monoclinic and prismatic, with a color range from colorless to pale green; Mohs hardness around 6.5; and a vitreous to glassy luster. Transparency ranges from transparent to translucent, depending on impurities and crystal size.

The mineral is characterized as a boron-rich silicate with silicon and oxygen as dominant elements, together with aluminum and iron; alkali metals such as sodium or potassium may occur as trace substitutes. No fixed empirical formula is given in most sources, and composition is presented as variable in fiction.

Because tribokorroosio is fictional, there are no peer-reviewed analyses or official mineralogical databases that verify its existence. It is sometimes used in teaching examples to discuss mineral naming, crystal structure, and hydrothermal processes.

See also: List of fictional minerals; Borosilicate minerals.