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Mineral Reference Lookup for RAITE

This reference page contains mineralogic data for RAITE 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 RAITE in the database: Biraite-(Ce)   Carraraite   Cerchiaraite   Damaraite   Dellaventuraite   Kimuraite-(Y)   Matraite   Matsubaraite   Neskevaaraite-Fe   Paderaite   Panasqueiraite   Povondraite   RAITE   Santabarbaraite   Santaclaraite   Sonoraite   Yecoraite   Yoshimuraite  

Mineralogical Reference

RAITE
MineralRAITE
Colorgolden -brown to red or even violet.
Lustersilky to vitreous.
CrystalSystemorthorhombic; 2 2 2
CrystalHabitsinclude acicular crystals and aggregates are clustered into sprays, fans, spherulites, rosettes and as crusts.
Cleavageperfect, but rarely seen.
Fractureperfect, but rarely seen.
Hardness3.
SpecificGravity2.4
Streakyellow.
AssociatedMineralsaegirine, epididymite, analcime, albite, villiaumite, natrolite, zorite, eudialyte, sodalite, sphalerite, ancylite, nenadkevichite, lovozerite, mangan-neptunite, penkvilksite, serandite and other rare minerals.
Occurencesinclude the type locality of Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt, Mt. Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia and the famous mineral site of Mount Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada.
Indicatorscrystal habit, locality, associations and color.
CompositionHydrated Sodium Manganese Silicate Hydroxide
CNTUM_152
OCOPND_004
GRPLN_086
QZPND_045
WRYSTN_321
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