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| Lustre: | Vitreous | Hardness: | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Name: | Named after Quintin Wight (b. 1935), of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, significant contributor to mineral studies at Mont Saint-Hilaire, and author of The Complete Book of Micromounting (1993). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A polytype of Quintinite The 3T polytype was originally described from Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification of Quintinite-3T | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Explanation of status: | In 1998 The IMA pronounced all polytypes as crystallographic varieties | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Physical Properties of Quintinite-3T | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lustre: | Vitreous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardness (Mohs): | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chemical Properties of Quintinite-3T | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Essential elements: | Al, C, H, Mg, O | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All elements listed in formula: | Al, C, H, Mg, O | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other Names for Quintinite-3T | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||||||||||||||||||
References for Quintinite-3T | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reference List: | Canadian Mineralogist 35, 1541-1549(1997) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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