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Tuperssuatsiaite & Villiaumite

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Tuperssuatsiaite & Villiaumite

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 4.4 × 1.4 cm
Description

Sprays of tuperssuatsiaite crystals in small vugs on both side on the specimen with tiny red crystalline villiaumite crystals and minor bulbous aggregates of white bastnäsite-ce (picture 5). To enjoy under the microscope.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tuperssuatsiaite

Formula: 
Na2Fe3Si8O20(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tuperssuatsiat Bay, Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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
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