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Artinite With Hydromagnesite

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Artinite With Hydromagnesite

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Description
Locality: 
Rio del Bastardo, Roccamurata, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5.1 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
101.00gr
Description

A choice miniature of candid white artinite from Rio del Bastardo. This is a rather rich specimen with acicular crystals radially distributed alongside the rockwalls. Artinite has a very good luster and it is in good conditions.
On the backside, numerous sericeous crystals of lustrous hydromagnesite, which was often part of the paragenesis.

Quite sizeable crystals for the locality, which is now defunct.

It will be shipped hot glued in a plastic box for additional protection. Account for some minimal needles and crumbs detaching during shipping.

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

Hydromagnesite

Formula: 
Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Castle Point, Hoboken, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA

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