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Dawsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Limoncino, Valle Benedetta, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 9.7 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
277.00gr
Description

Unusually sizeable, double-faced plate of dawsonite sprays elegantly distributed on the brown solid matrix it nicely contrasts with. Most sprays - over a dozen in total! - have a radial structure, with good for the specie lustre.

Tuscan dawsonite is very rare nowadays, and only found in collections of the 80s-90s - exactly the way I found this specimen.

In my personal collection, this is the richest and largest specimen I have seen from the locality in a long time.
 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dawsonite

Formula: 
NaAlCO3(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
McGill University campus, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Italy (Pacco Celere 3)
10
Europe/Mediterranean Basin (Tracked; Zone 1)
22
Americas, Asia, Africa (Tracked; Zone 2)
30
Australia & Oceania (Tracked; Zone 3)
40

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