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Huntite

Year of discovery: 1955 (Ala-Mar deposit (Currant Creek deposit, Manzoni deposit), USA), 2000 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of huntite

• CaMg₃(CO₃)₄
• [Ca²⁺][Mg²⁺₃][(CO₃)₄]^8-

• Class: Carbonate

• Color: White, Pale yellow
• Streak: White
• Luster: Earthy
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 1-2
• Density: 2.7

• System: Trigonal
• Group: 32, R32
• Lattice: a=9.5, c=7.8