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Sørensenite

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Sørensenite

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Description
Locality: 
Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Outstanding pink crystals of the very rare mineral sorensenite from the type locality and one of the very few localities known worldwide, all of the in Illimausaq complex in Greenland.

Specimen collected by Frank de Wit with label included (see photo)

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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