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Griceite & Villiaumite

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Griceite & Villiaumite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 0.8 × 1 cm
Description

White griceite crystal on red villiaumite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Griceite

Formula: 
LiF
Strunz: 
3.AA.20
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

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