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Lovozerite & Ussingite

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Lovozerite & Ussingite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Brown lovozerite crystal on pink ussingite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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...

Ussingite

Formula: 
Na2AlSi3O8OH
Strunz: 
9.EH.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland