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Kentbrooksite

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Kentbrooksite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm
Description

Orange crystals and grains of the complex silicate kentbrooksite, in matrix , associated with dark green aegirine crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kentbrooksite

Formula: 
(Na,REE)15(Ca,REE)6(Mn2+,Fe2+)3Zr3Nb[Si25O74]F2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.CO.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White.
Type Locality: 
Kentbrooksite occurrence, Amdrup Firth, Kangerlussuaq Firth, Tunu Province (East Greenland), Greenland
Cartils Minerals

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