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Formula: Mg2Cl(OH)3.4H2O
Hydrated chloride
Crystal system: Triclinic
Specific gravity: 1.798 measured, 1.787 calculated
Hardness: 2
Streak: White
Colour: Colourless
Solubility: Slowly soluble in water, readily soluble in weak acids
Environments
Metamorphic environments
Hydrothermal environments
Localities
At the type Locality, the Korshunovskoye iron deposit, Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky, Nizhneilimsky District, Irkutsk Oblast,
Russia, kornushovslite was found in a drill core taken at 770 m in the iron ore deposit, in low-temperature
hydrothermal veinlets in dolomitic
marble. Associated minerals include
ekaterinite, shabynite,
magnetite, antigorite,
dolomite and magnesite
(HOM).
Korshunovskite from the Korshunovskoye
iron deposit - Image
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