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Dawsonite & Calcite

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Dawsonite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Francon Quarry, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 3 cm
Description

Many, fine colorless glassy clumps of dawsonite and well-formed crystals of calcite enrich the sample. From the now extinct classic Canadian quarry. Good specimen.

Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dawsonite

Formula: 
NaAlCO3(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
McGill University campus, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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