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Artinite

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Description
Locality: 
Dossi di Franscia, Campo Franscia, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 8.7 × 4.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Rich white tufts of acicular artinite crystals up to 3 mm in size on matrix from the type locality Franscia Mine, Val Malenco, Italy. Rich specimen of this relatively rare mineral species from its type locality. 

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

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$20
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$20
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$20
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