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Kentbrooksite & Manganoneptunite

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Kentbrooksite & Manganoneptunite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Classic specimen of kentbrooksite crystals associated with manganoneptunite and analcime.  Collected by Gilles Haineault.

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

Manganoneptunite

Formula: 
Na2KLi(Mn2+,Fe2+)2Ti2[Si8O24]
Strunz: 
9.EH.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Maly Mannepakhk Mt (Malyi Mannepakhk Mt), Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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