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Brindleyite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Victorio District, Luna County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

Outstanding green crystal aggregates of the very rare Ni silicate mineral brindleyite from a locality in New Mexico, associated to an unknown yellow mineral.

Only 6 known localities worldwide !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brindleyite

Formula: 
(Ni,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Marmara bauxite deposit, Megara, Western Attikí District, Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

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