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Leonardsenite & Hydrokenoralstonite

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Leonardsenite & Hydrokenoralstonite

EDS & SXRD confirmed no 539

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Rare acicular SCXRD confirmed leonardsenite associated with hydrokenoralstonite and blue zincowoodwardite from the Uranus mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Uranus, Saxony, Germany. 

Analysis no 539.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leonardsenite

Formula: 
MgAlF5·2H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Eldfell, Heimaey, Heimaey island, Vestmannaeyjar archipelago (Westman islands), Iceland

Hydrokenoralstonite

Formula: 
NaMg[Al(F,OH)6]·H2O
Group Parent: 
Pyrochlore Supergroup
Strunz: 
3/C.03-60
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5
Colour: 
Colourless, white
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland