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Hackmanite Lovozerite

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Hackmanite Lovozerite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Well formed dark brown to black crystal of lovozerite on white to pale pink hackmanite crystals. Fluoresces white and orange under shortwave and orange under longwave light.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hackmanite

Variety Of: 

Sodalite

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Formula: 
Na8Al6Si6O24(Cl2,S)
Hardness: 
0.0

Lovozerite

Formula: 
Na2Ca(Zr,Ti)(Si6O12)[(OH)4O2]·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CJ.15a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Upper El'maraiok River (Elemaraik), Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...