Phase relations in the lime-rich portion of the system CaO-B
2O
3-SiO
2 have been studied by microscopy, infrared spectroscopy and X-ray powder diffraction of heated mixtures and quenched charges. Extensive solid solution of B
2O
3 in Ca
2SiO
4 occurs along the Ca
2SiO
4-Ca
3B
2O
6 boundary, which has been studied in detail. It contains a ternary compound, Ca
11B
2Si
4O
22, which is stable to liquidus temperatures, melting incongruently to Ca
2SiO
4 and liquid at 1420 °C. Ca
11B
2Si
4O
22forms a eutectic with Ca
3B
2O
6 at 1400 °C and, in the ternary system, with CaO and Ca
3B
2O
6 at 1390 °C.