How do I identify Motukoreaite?

Motukoreaite can be identified by its hardness of 1 - 1.5 on the Mohs scale, colorless color. Look for these key characteristics when examining specimens.

What color is Motukoreaite?

Motukoreaite typically appears in colorless, white, yellow. Color can vary depending on impurities and formation conditions.

How hard is Motukoreaite?

Motukoreaite has a hardness of 1 - 1.5 on the Mohs scale. This makes it a soft mineral that can be scratched easily.

Motukoreaite

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What is Motukoreaite?

Motukoreaite occurs as claylike cement or hexagonal tabular crystals up to 0.2 mm (0.0079 in) in size that form rosettes, boxworks, and subparallel aggregates. The crystals are semitransparent and are white, pale yellow, pale yellow-green, or colorless. The mineral readily dehydrates partially. Motukoreaite has been found in association with apatite, barite, calcite, chabazite, calcic plagioclase, gismondine, gypsum, hisingerite, hydrotalcite, limonite, magnetite, montmorillonite, nordstrandite, olivine, phillipsite, pyroxene, quartz, and zeolites.

Motukoreaite Market Value Calculator

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Motukoreaite Localities Map

See where Motukoreaite is found with a localities map, collecting zones, and geology context. Generate a sample map preview below.

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Key Characteristics

Formation of Motukoreaite

Motukoreaite forms from the alteration of submarine basaltic glass at temperatures below 150 °C (302 °F). The alteration occurs in the sequence motukoreaite, phillipsite, calcite. A study in 1989 suggested that motukoreaite is a common, widely occurring mineral.