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Sørensenite

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Sørensenite

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Description
Locality: 
Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm
Description

From the type locality, Parallelly grown striated sharp blades of sørensenite, a very rare Sn-Be silicate that shows here a very good pink colour.

Collected at the type locality in August 2017 by Peter Vink.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sørensenite

Formula: 
Na4SnBe2Si6O16(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.DG.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nakalak Mt (Nakalaq; Nakkaalaaq), Taseq area, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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