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Dawsonite

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Dawsonite

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Description
Locality: 
McGill University Campus, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Description

Uncommon and very rich type locality specimen of dawsonite collected by Dan Doell Jr. (label) early 2000's in the excavation made for a new building nearby the original discovery (pre-1843).  The intersected dyke in the new excavation is the same than the original dyke.

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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