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Dawsonite

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Dawsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Piancastagnaio, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
91.00gr
Description

Nice white tufts of acicular Dawsonite crystals collected in sheaf of 2 mm of diameter with Calcite crystals up to 10 mm

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dawsonite

Formula: 
NaAlCO3(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
McGill University campus, Montréal, Québec, Canada