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Dawsonite & Celestine & Goethite

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Dawsonite & Celestine & Goethite

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Description
Locality: 
Francon Quarry, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Translucent thick columnar crystals of dawsonite (up to 3mm) with attractive celestite sprays, covered by brown goethite clusters. Very unique association.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dawsonite

Formula: 
NaAlCO3(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
McGill University campus, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Celestine

Formula: 
SrSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bell's Mill, Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Hollertszug Mine (Hollerter Zug Mine), Dermbach, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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