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Cryolite

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Description
Locality: 
Francon Quarry, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

A lot of well-formed pale yellow, transparent cryolite crystalaggregates on matrix.
Good old piece from 1975 with perfect crystals.
There is a slight split on the small part of the matrix but the piece is stable; it cannot be gone to pieces.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cryolite

Formula: 
Na3[AlF6]
Strunz: 
3.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland

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