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Hydrokenoralstonite & Thomsenolite

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Hydrokenoralstonite & Thomsenolite

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Description
Locality: 
Ivigtut, Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.6 × 4.1 cm
Description

some vugs filled with colourless octahedron of hydrokenoralstonite with prismatic crystals of thomsenolite ; Ivigtut mine is the type locality of both specie

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydrokenoralstonite

Formula: 
NaMg[Al(F,OH)6]·H2O
Group Parent: 
Pyrochlore Supergroup
Strunz: 
3/C.03-60
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5
Colour: 
Colourless, white
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland

Thomsenolite

Formula: 
NaCa[AlF6] · H2O
Strunz: 
3/C.02-20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2
Colour: 
Colourless, white, pale
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Dimorph Of: 

Pachnolite

Formula: 
NaCa[AlF6]·H2O
Strunz: 
3.CB.40
Hardness: 
3.0