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Calcioancylite Ellingsenite & Tuperssuatsiaite

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Calcioancylite Ellingsenite & Tuperssuatsiaite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

Many vugs (on both sides) with clusters of white ellingsenite and fibers of tuperssuatsiaite. Largest vug has some attractive light pink water clear crystals of calioancylite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcioancylite

Synonym Of: 

Calcioancylite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ca,Sr)Ce(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Calcioancylite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Ca(Nd,La,Ce)(CO3)2(OH).H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Ellingsenite

Formula: 
Na5Ca6Si18O38(OH)13·6H2O
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia

Tuperssuatsiaite

Formula: 
Na2Fe3Si8O20(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tuperssuatsiat Bay, Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland