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Leifite

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Leifite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm
Description

Rich specimen of white sprays and needles of the rare mineral leifite in vugs all over the specimen.

Ex Franz Bauer collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leifite

Formula: 
(Na,H2O)Na6[Be2Al2(Al,Si)Si15O39]F2
Strunz: 
9.EH.25
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland