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Malinkoite & Litvinskite

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Malinkoite & Litvinskite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

Capped crystals of malinkoite crystals with yellow litvinskite crystals on the matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malinkoite

Formula: 
NaBSiO4
Strunz: 
9.FA.10
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Litvinskite

Formula: 
Na2([],Na,Mn)ZrSi6O12(OH,O)6
Strunz: 
9.CJ.15a
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine (Umbozerskii mine; Umba Mine), Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...