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Quintinite

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Quintinite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample a vug in ancylite hosting a small grouping of orange quintinite-3T crystals. This is the rarer of the polymorphs. Former Horvath collection and very rare material. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quintinite

Formula: 
Mg4Al2(OH)12[CO3]·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.40
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazil

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