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Artinite

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Description
Locality: 
New Idria District, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Group of a snow white radiating acicular crystals of artinite with silky lustre, on typical serpentinite matrix.

Ex. Gerard Vogel collection.

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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