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Nabesite & Lovdarite

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Nabesite & Lovdarite

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Description
Locality: 
Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 2.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

Beige rosettes of platy nabesite crystals, with translucent, white lovdarite crystalgroups.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nabesite

Formula: 
Na2BeSi4O10·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.65
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Tugtupite-bearing albitites, Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Lovdarite

Formula: 
K2Na6Be4Si14O36•9H2O
Strunz: 
9.GF.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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