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Artinite Psm Hydromagnesite

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Artinite Psm Hydromagnesite

ex collection Helmuth Hatton
Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Lobminggraben, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Glossy, white artinite crystals, pseudomorph after hydromagnesite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Artinite

Formula: 
Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dossi di Franscia (Franscia Mine; Franscia Mines; Franscia Quarries), Campo Franscia (Franscia), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

Hydromagnesite

Formula: 
Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Castle Point, Hoboken, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA

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