Dawsonite with Celestine
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Dawsonite with Celestine
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 4.5 x 4.5 x 5 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- NaAlCO3(OH)2 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Tagged
- carbonate
Exceptionally large, and well-formed prismatic crystals with terminations in groups to 5mm. The crystal size is more like 2-3mm. The long bladed, creamy brown crystals are Celestine. Impressive specimen by any collection standards.
Type Locality
Dawsonite
- Formula
- NaAlCO3(OH)2
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Radial, Acicular, Encrustations
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous - Silky
- Color
- colorless, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Uneven
- Hardness
- 3
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Special Info
- Type Locality
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