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Polylithionite

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Polylithionite

Found on Mount Ilimaussaq
Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

A piece of white fluorescent polylithionite on albite. The polylithionite has  white-yellowish fluorescence under SW-UV (with Hoya filter).

The zone with almost pure dense coverage of polylithionite is ca.5x3 cm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Polylithionite

Formula: 
KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
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