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Shkatulkalite & Magadiite

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Shkatulkalite & Magadiite

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Description
Locality: 
Demix-Varennes Quarry, Varennes & St-Amable, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

Brown cluster of translucent , elongated tabular shkatulkalite crystals, with white spherical magadiite aggregates.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shkatulkalite

Formula: 
Na10Mn2+Ti3Nb3(Si2O7)6(OH)2F·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine (Umbozerskii mine; Umba Mine), Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Magadiite

Formula: 
Na2Si14O29·11H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.20
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Lake Magadi, South Rift Valley, Rift Valley Province, Kenya

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