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Mellite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Maleevka, Bogorodetsk District, Tula Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm
Description

This is a typical honey coloured, dipyramidal floater crystal of mellite from Russia. Mellite is a rare Al-oxalate mineral and it is a rarely seen specimen from Russia.

Mineral Data
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Mellite

Formula: 
Al2[C6(COO)6]·16H2O
Strunz: 
10.AC.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Artern, Unstrut valley, Thuringia, Germany
Loranth Minerals

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