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Leucosphenite & Quartz

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Leucosphenite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.5 × 2 cm
Description

Light blue crystals of leucosphenite with clear quartz. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leucosphenite

Formula: 
BaNa4Ti2B2Si10O30
Strunz: 
9.DP.15
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White