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Pachnolite

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Pachnolite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 7.5 × 3 cm
Description

Sharp and gemmy pachnolite crystals on thomsenolite crystals in vugs all over the specimen.

Very rich and good old time specimen from the type locality.

Collected 1976.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pachnolite

Formula: 
NaCa[AlF6]·H2O
Strunz: 
3.CB.40
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland