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Magnesite Dolomite & Quartz

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Magnesite Dolomite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Brussilof Mine, Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
20.5 × 16.5 × 11 cm
Description

Very nice specimen of magnesite crystals associated with dolomite and quartz.  Purchased in 1994.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnesite

Formula: 
MgCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Magnisía Prefecture (Magnesia), Thessalia Department (Thessaly), Greece

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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