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Dawsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Fiora, Mount Amiata, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.74 × 4.81 × 4.39 cm
Description

Flat lying radial sprays of Dawsonite over matrix surface.  Dawsonite has silky lustre and has a slight Purple tinge to the White crystals.

Radial sprays to 0.5cm

Rare locality.

Ex my personal collection X746

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dawsonite

Formula: 
NaAlCO3(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
McGill University campus, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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