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Ushkovite

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Ushkovite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Palermo 1 Mine, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2 × 1.6 cm
Description

Honeybrown tranlucent ushkovite crystals on a bed of globular rockbridgeite.

Rich specimen vom Dr. HJ Wilke collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ushkovite

Formula: 
MgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Pit No. 232, Bol'shoi Tatkul' Lake, Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...