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Cryolite & Dawsonite

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Cryolite & Dawsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Francon Quarry, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 2.5 cm
Description

Fine large specimen of white cryolite with some clear crystals of dawsonite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cryolite

Formula: 
Na3[AlF6]
Strunz: 
3.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland

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