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Wöhlerite & Eudialyte

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Wöhlerite & Eudialyte

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Description
Locality: 
Skutesundskjær, Barkevik, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Dark brown eudyalite with bright brown wöhlerite and purple fluorite. Old specimen with a label dating to 1971. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wöhlerite

Formula: 
NaCa2(Zr,Nb)(Si2O7)(O,OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.BE.17
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Eudialyte

Formula: 
Na15Ca6(Fe2+,Mn2+)3Zr3[Si25O73](O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2
Strunz: 
9.CO.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
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