Quintinite (Group) with Calcite, Phlogopite and Magnetite - Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Russia - 8 x 6 x 4 cm / main crystal: 2.1 cm.
Mineral: Quintinite (Group) with Calcite, Phlogopite and Magnetite
Locality: Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia
Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 4 cm / main crystal: 2.1 cm.

Description: Mass: 259 g MIM number:2180 Druses of very well formed crystals for the species, dark orange-red and translucent, with pointed hexagonal terminations, on a matrix of phlogopite, calcite and magnetite. Photographer: FMI / James Elliot Publications: "Mineralyi Kovdora - Minerals of the Kovdor Massif", "Kovdor" Ex collection: V.N. Yakovenchuk (Russie)