Quintinite Locality: Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazil Field of view 7 mm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs. — Photo: Leon Hupperichs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quintinite
A magnesium-aluminium carbonate-hydroxide named for Quintin Wight, pillar of Mont Saint-Hilaire mineralogy.
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Quintinite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the carbonate class, with the chemical formula Mg₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O.
It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system (space group P3_112). It is a member of the Hydrotalcite structural group.
IMA symbol Qtn, IMA status: approved, named in 1992.
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