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Epistolite

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Epistolite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

Lustrous intergrown epistolite crystals in matrix from the famous locale in Greenland.

Ex Bauer collection, Germany.

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