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Thomsenolite

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Thomsenolite

ex. dealer stock Peter Bosse (Kassel/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Passa Limani Cove, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

Nice thomsenolite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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