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Sørensenite

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Sørensenite

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Description
Locality: 
Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

 The specimen consists of parellel massive pink sørensenite crystals to 2 cm long collected in July 2008.

Pink in daylight, but under SW-UV it shows a typical creamwhite/blueish fluorescence.

For completeness we also added the MW and LW pictures.

(GR001)

(pics SW -> MW -> LW -> daylight)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sørensenite

Formula: 
Na4SnBe2Si6O16(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.DG.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nakalak Mt (Nakalaq; Nakkaalaaq), Taseq area, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
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