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Thomsenolite

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Thomsenolite

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Description
Locality: 
Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

Transparent well formed thomsenolite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thomsenolite

Formula: 
NaCa[AlF6] · H2O
Strunz: 
3/C.02-20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2
Colour: 
Colourless, white, pale
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Dimorph Of: 

Pachnolite

Formula: 
NaCa[AlF6]·H2O
Strunz: 
3.CB.40
Hardness: 
3.0