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Pachnolite & Thomsenolite

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Pachnolite & Thomsenolite

Rare Mineral-Classic locality
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Elongated crystals of pachnolite and octahedral crystals of thomsenolite from the type locality for both species. Minoritary associated minerals are galena and fluorite. Very nice under the microscope!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pachnolite

Formula: 
NaCa[AlF6]·H2O
Strunz: 
3.CB.40
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland

Thomsenolite

Formula: 
NaCa[AlF6]·H2O
Strunz: 
3.CB.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland

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