• Source: Artinite

Artinite is a hydrated basic magnesium carbonate mineral with formula: Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O. It forms white silky monoclinic prismatic crystals that are often in radial arrays or encrustations. It has a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and a specific gravity of 2.
It occurs in low-temperature hydrothermal veins and in serpentinized ultramafic rocks. Associated minerals include brucite, hydromagnesite, pyroaurite, chrysotile, aragonite, calcite, dolomite and magnesite.
It was first reported in 1902 in Lombardy, Italy. It was named for Italian mineralogist, Ettore Artini (1866–1928).




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Artinite
• Brucite
• Magnesium carbonate
• List of minerals
• Carbonate mineral
• List of mineral symbols
• List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (A)
• Sulfate carbonate