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Tunisite

Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Condorcet, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Rounded aggregates of translucent razor-sharp tabular crystals of tunisite associated to whitish calcite and acicular celestine.

Acquired in 2000. Ex Dr Bob Janssens, #1932.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tunisite

Formula: 
NaCa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)8Cl
Strunz: 
5.BB.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Sidi Youssef Mine, Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf), Al Kåf Governorate (El Kef; Le Kef), Tunisia

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