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Nickel Kerolite

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Nickel Kerolite

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Description
Locality: 
Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Pale green crystal group of nickeloan kerolite from the famous Lovozero massif in Russia.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickel

Formula: 
Ni
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bogota, Canala Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia

Kerolite

Formula: 
(Mg,Ni)3Si4O10(OH)2 · nH2O (n ~ 1) (Ni non essential)
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
white, brown, green, colourless

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