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Huntite

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Description
Locality: 
Montcada Hill Quarry , Montcada i Reixac, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm
Description

White fibrous to powdery mass of huntite lining a geode with calcite. Analysed material from a classic Spanish locality.

Ex. M. Moreno specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Huntite

Formula: 
CaMg3(CO3)4
Strunz: 
5.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ala-Mar deposit (Currant Creek deposit; Manzoni deposit), Currant District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

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