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Fairchildite & Bütschliite

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Description
Locality: 
Desoronto, Richmond Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

A lot of white single crystals of the very rare minerals fairchildite and bütschliite from a locality in Ontario.

Fairchildite is a mineral never auctioned before in the site !.

Fairchildite and Bütschliite are two very rare K-Ca carbonates !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fairchildite

Formula: 
K2Ca(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AC.20
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Coolin, Kaniksu National Forest, Bonner Co., Idaho, USA

Bütschliite

Formula: 
K2Ca(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AC.15
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Coolin, Kaniksu National Forest, Bonner Co., Idaho, USA

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