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Kovdorskite & Bobierrite

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Kovdorskite & Bobierrite

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Description
Locality: 
Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

Colourless and pale blue kovdorskite crystals with minor, platy bobierrite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kovdorskite

Formula: 
Mg2(PO4)(OH)·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.22
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Bobierrite

Formula: 
Mg3(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.35
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mejillones peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile