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Pachnolite

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Description
Locality: 
Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 7.5 × 3 cm
Description

Gemmy prismatic colorless crystals of the rare alumofluoride pachnolite associated to thomsenolite in nseveral vugs from the famous Ivigtut deposit.

Nice under the microscope !

Ex. Erich Laskowski collection

 

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

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