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Dresserite & Weloganite

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Dresserite & Weloganite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Francon Quarry, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Rich type locality specimen of dresserite spherules, associated with very small weloganite and quartz.  Notice the beautiful white fluorescence of dresserite and the whitish-green fluorescence of the weloganite crystals.  Collected in 1980-81 by Michel Brunet.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dresserite

Formula: 
BaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Weloganite

Formula: 
Na2Sr3Zr(CO3)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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