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Agrellite
Allgemein
KategorieMineral
Identification
ColorWhite, grayish-white, greenish-white
Crystal habitLath - shaped like a small, thin plaster lath, rectangular in shape
Cleavageperfect
Mohs scale hardness5.5
Lusterpearly
Streakwhite
Diaphaneitytransluscent
Specific gravity2.88
Optical propertiesbiazial

Agrellite (NaCa2[F|Si4O10]) is a mineral found in Quebec, Canada.

It is named in honour of Stuart Olof Agrell. [1]


References

  1. ^ first reported in the Canadian Mineralogist (1976), vol. 14, pp. 120-126