Mineral Reference Lookup for
Raita
This reference page contains
mineralogic data for Raita and folklore and metaphysical
beliefs. If the mineral is an alternate naming of a more common name,
the more common mineral's data is displayed below the list of
synonyms.
Minerals matching Raita in the database:
Mineralogical Reference | Raita
| Mineral | RAITE | | Color | golden -brown to red or even violet. | | Luster | silky to vitreous. | | CrystalSystem | orthorhombic; 2 2 2 | | CrystalHabits | include acicular crystals and aggregates are clustered into sprays, fans, spherulites, rosettes and as crusts. | | Cleavage | perfect, but rarely seen. | | Fracture | perfect, but rarely seen. | | Hardness | 3. | | SpecificGravity | 2.4 | | Streak | yellow. | | AssociatedMinerals | aegirine, epididymite, analcime, albite, villiaumite, natrolite, zorite, eudialyte, sodalite, sphalerite, ancylite, nenadkevichite, lovozerite, mangan-neptunite, penkvilksite, serandite and other rare minerals. | | Occurences | include the type locality of Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt, Mt. Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia and the famous mineral site of Mount Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. | | Indicators | crystal habit, locality, associations and color. | | Composition | Hydrated Sodium Manganese Silicate Hydroxide |
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