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Minnesotaite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Waucedah, Dickinson County, Michigan, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Greenish grey microcrystals of the very rare mineral minnesotaite from a locality in Michigan.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Minnesotaite

Formula: 
(Fe,Mg)3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.05
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mesabi Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA

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