Artinite
Mineral Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O
About it
Snow-white, silky sprays and tufts of needles in serpentine veins. Named for Italian mineralogist Ettore Artini; known from Italy's Val Malenco and Staten Island, New York.
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Carbonate (with hydroxide)
- Formula
- Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 2.5
- Specific gravity
- 2–2.03
- Streak
- white
- Lustre
- silky, vitreous (glassy)
- Crystal system
- Monoclinic
- Colours
- white
- Transparency
- transparent, translucent
- Cleavage and fracture
- perfect in one direction
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.