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Lintisite Tugtupite & Ussingite

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Lintisite Tugtupite & Ussingite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a vug of ussingite crystals that is host to several nice sprays of very rare lintisite! There is also a nice pink crystal of tugtupite in another vug. Very aesthetic sample from the Gilles Haineault and Fred DeVito collections. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lintisite

Formula: 
LiNa3Ti2(Si2O6)2O2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.DB.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Tugtupite

Formula: 
Na4(AlBeSi4O12)Cl
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Albitite vein, Tugtup Agtakôrfia (Tuttup Attakoorfia), Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Ussingite

Formula: 
Na2AlSi3O8OH
Strunz: 
9.EH.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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