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Suolunite

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Suolunite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lac d'Amiante Mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

One of those one time finds. Between 1996 and 1999 these pieces came out of this canadian mine. They believed it was prehnite and they were sold for prices according to prehnite. But then they were checked and they proved to be lavenderpinkish colored suolunite. An incredible find because suolunite was known only as micromounts and as a rockforming mineral. When backlighted they are translucent. Since 1999 no more pieces of this rare mineral was found. This find delivered the best pieces of suolunite by a magnitude.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Suolunite

Formula: 
Ca2(H2Si2O7)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Suolun massif, Horqin Right Front Banner (Ke'erqin Youyi Qianqi), Hinggan League (Xing'an Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China...

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