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Fluoro-leakeite & Gaidonnayite

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Fluoro-leakeite & Gaidonnayite

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Description
Locality: 
Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm
Weight: 
126.00gr
Description

Very interesting specimen from this classic Swedish locality. as you can see in the last photo the specimen fluoresces green under short wave ultraviolet light.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluoro-leakeite

Formula: 
NaNa2(Mg2Al2Li)(Si8O22)F2
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
6.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Småland, Sweden

Gaidonnayite

Formula: 
Na2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.DM.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
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

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