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Brinrobertsite

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Description
Locality: 
Liset Eclogite Pod, Liset, Selje, Vestland, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 0.7 × 1 cm
Description

Pale greenish crystals of the extremely rare mineral brinrobertsite from the second known locality worldwide, still not uploaded to Mindat.

Analyzed specimen by EDS and X-Ray (see copies attached) that will be sent to the buyer.

Honouring Dr. Brin Roberts, specialist for british clay minerals in the University of London

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brinrobertsite

Formula: 
Na0.3Al4(Si4O10)2(OH)4·3.5 H2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.60
Hardness: 
1.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Nant Ffrancon Formation, Aber-Ogwen, Bangor, Gwynedd (Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK

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