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The subsolidus phase relations of the system Y(2)O(3) -CaO-B(2)O(3) are investigated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses. There are six binary compounds and three ternary compounds in this system. The phase diagram comprises 13 three-phase regions. The ternary compound CaYBO(4) is refined from powder XRD data by the Rietveld method. It has a warwickite-like structure with cell parameters a=10.4354(3) Angstrom, b=9.6126(2) Angstrom, c=3.5880(1) Angstrom and space group Nam. The rationality of the CaYBO(4) structure is examined by Brown bond valence model and IR spectra. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science BY. All rights reserved.