Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Villiaumite

Views:
Watches:
CR63722

Villiaumite

Rare Mineral

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 5.3 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

Villiaumite is a rare sodium halide found in alkali massifs and this sharp, lustrous, carmine-red cubes of solid villiaumite beautifully accented on matrix is highly representative of the species and famous locality - Mt. St-Hilaire.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Villiaumite

Formula: 
NaF
Strunz: 
3.AA.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rouma Island (Roume Island; Roma Island; Ruma Island), Los Archipelago (Los Islands), Guinea