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Sørensenite Apatite & Analcime

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Sørensenite Apatite & Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.47 × 3.15 × 1.33 cm
Weight: 
9.34gr
Description

Light pinkish / biege Sorensonite  blades with white Analcime and blue blades of Apatite.. Sorensonite UV-SW light blue with some uranyl activated mineral in green. Analcime is also bluish and the Apatite orange / yellow in UVLW

Photos in UV.SW,  and natural light

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sørensenite

Formula: 
Na4SnBe2Si6O16(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.DG.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nakalak Mt (Nakalaq; Nakkaalaaq), Taseq area, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Apatite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5

Analcime

Formula: 
Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cyclopean Islands, Acitrezza (Aci Trezza), Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

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