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Quintinite-2H

Quintinite-2H

Formula
Mg4Al2(OH)12CO3 4(H2O) 
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Prismatic 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
colorless, deep orange red, orange, pale brown 
Streak
white 
Class
Hexagonal - Trapezohedral 
Hardness
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Quintinite-2H from Iron mine, Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia

Quintinite-2H
            from Iron mine, Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia

Orange hexagonal crystals to 1.5mm. The locality is probably one of the better localities of just a handful reported worldwide. This geo-environment is more like a skarn than a carbonatite as in  Jacupiranga. The crystals display perfect basal cleavage giving the appearance of a micaceous mineral but is not.

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