Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Arfvedsonite

Views:
Watches:
MGR810946

Arfvedsonite

Rare Mineral

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 6 × 2.2 cm
Description

An outstanding rarity from this famous classic locality. Arfvedsonite is generally rare and I never saw such large, elongated and even end-pointed crystals from Poudrette quarry. Of highest relevance for the mineral and the locality!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arfvedsonite

Formula: 
[Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland