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Holmquistite is a lithium magnesium aluminium inosilicate mineral with chemical formula . It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system as prismatic crystals up to or as massive aggregates. It has a Mohs hardness of 5–6 and a specific gravity of 2.95 to 3.13.
Color could vary from black, dark violet to light sky blue.
It occurs as Metasomatism replacements on the margins of lithium rich pegmatites.
It was first described in 1913 from an occurrence in Utö, near Stockholm, Sweden. It was named for the Swedish people petrologist Per Johan Holmquist (1866–1946). Mindat with location data Webmineral data
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