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Artinite (Photo)

Year of discovery: 1902 (Franscia mine, Italy), 1970 (Japan)

Locality list: 19 localities of artinite

• Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂,3H₂O
• [Mg²⁺₂][(OH)₂|CO₃]^4-,3H₂O

• Class: Carbonate - Hydroxide - Hydrate
• Soluble in: HCl (with bubbles), HNO₃ (with bubbles), H₂SO₄ (with bubbles)

• Color: White-Colorless
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Habit: Acicular
• Aggregate: Radial

• Cleavage: Perfect on {100} (1 plane), Good on {001} (1 plane)
• Hardness: 2
• Density: 2.0

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: C2
• Lattice: a=16.6, b=3.2, c=6.2, β=99.2

Etymology: E. Artini, Italian mineralogist