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Narsarsukite & Lorenzenite

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Narsarsukite & Lorenzenite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Nice yellow to green crystals of narsarsukite crystals with sprays of light brown lorenzenite on the matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Narsarsukite

Formula: 
Na4(Ti,Fe)2[Si8O20](O,OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.DJ.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Lorenzenite

Formula: 
Na2Ti2(Si2O6)O3
Strunz: 
9.DB.10
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland