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Epistolite & Fluorapophyllite-(K)

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Epistolite & Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

Uncommon specimen of beige lamellar epistolite crystals associated with fluorescent fluorapophyllite-(K) on a highly fluorescent sodalite matrix, hackmanite variety.  Collected by Gilles Haineault.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Epistolite

Formula: 
Na2(Nb,Ti)2(Si2O7)O2·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.30
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Nunarssuatsiaq, Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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