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Sazhinite-(Ce) Villiaumite & Tuperssuatsiaite

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Sazhinite-(Ce) Villiaumite & Tuperssuatsiaite

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm
Description

Tuperssuatsiaite surounding sazhinite-(Ce) with a few crystals of villiaumite on matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sazhinite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na3Ce[Si6O15]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.30
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Villiaumite

Formula: 
NaF
Strunz: 
3.AA.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rouma Island (Roume Island; Roma Island; Ruma Island), Los Archipelago (Los Islands), Guinea

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