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Villiaumite & Tuperssuatsiaite

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Villiaumite & Tuperssuatsiaite

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm
Weight: 
4.90gr
Description

Intense golden yellow, needle-like crystal clusters of tuperssuatsiaite together with pale pink villiaumite in a rock druse.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Villiaumite

Formula: 
NaF
Strunz: 
3.AA.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rouma Island (Roume Island; Roma Island; Ruma Island), Los Archipelago (Los Islands), Guinea

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