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Dawsonite

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Dawsonite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Francon Quarry, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Very nice specimen of highly fluorescent sprays of acicular dawsonite crystals associated with quartz and fluorecent calcite.  There are numerous isolated dawsonite needles all over the specimen top.  Collected by Michel Brunet (1980-1981).  Ex-Paul Lortie specimen.

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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