Mountkeithite
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Mountkeithite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 4 x 2 x 1 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- Mg11Fe3+3(SO4)3.5(OH)24·11H2O (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Mount Keith mine, Mt. Keith, Western Austrialia, Australia
Lilac crystal grains to 2mm in matrix. Mountkeithite is very rare nickel-sulfate (with sometimes a carbonate componate) found in serpentinized metamorphosed geological environments containing nickel.
Type Locality
Mountkeithite
- Formula
- Mg11Fe3+3(SO4)3.5(OH)24·11H2O
- Crystal System
- Hexagonal
- Crystal Habit
- Flakes, Granular, Rosette
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Pearly
- Color
- white, light pink
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Hexagonal
- Hardness
- 2
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
- Special Info
- Type Locality
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