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Tugtupite

Rare Mineral - Type Locality
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Description
Locality: 
Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.6 × 2.7 cm
Description

A polished, hinted spherical specimen of intense pink rare Tugtupite,- so-called "reindeerstone", from the type locality Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Greenland. Kvanefjeld is the second-largest deposit of REEs in the world, and the sixth largest uranium deposit.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tugtupite

Formula: 
Na4(AlBeSi4O12)Cl
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Albitite vein, Tugtup Agtakôrfia (Tuttup Attakoorfia), Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
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