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Collection: Ikaite

Formula: CaCO₃ · 6H₂O

Colour: brown

Specific Gravity: 1.77

Crystal System: Monoclinic

Readily dehydrates to calcite above 8°C.
The resulting pseudomorph of calcite after ikaite is also called "glendonite."

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