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Dypingite (Photo)

Year of discovery: 1970 (Dypingdal deposit, Norway), 1973 (Japan)

Locality list: 20 localities of dypingite

• Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂,5H₂O
• [Mg²⁺₅][(OH)₂|(CO₃)₄]^10-,5H₂O

• Class: Carbonate - Hydroxide - Hydrate
• Fluorescence: UV excitation (Blue)

• Polymorph: Giorgiosite (Monoclinic)

• Color: White
• Streak: White
• Luster: Pearly
• Diaphaneity: Translucent-Opaque

• Aggregate: Botryoidal

• Density: 2.2

• System: Monoclinic, Pseudo-Orthorhombic
• Lattice: a=16.3, b=23.8, c=9.5, β=90.0