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Thornasite Tuperssuatsiaite & Quartz

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Thornasite Tuperssuatsiaite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 4.78 × 2.75 cm
Weight: 
54.00gr
Description

2 to 3mm cluster of brownish Thornasite with quartz ( bottom right) and acicular Tuperssuatsiaite on the left of 1st photo

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thornasite

Formula: 
(Na,K)12Th3[Si8O19]4·18H2O
Strunz: 
9.GF.50
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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