Does there exist a non-singular matrix $Q \in \mathbb Q^{n\times n}$ with the following two properties?

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I am trying to find a non-singular matrix $Q \in \mathbb Q^{n\times n}$ such that:

  1. The characteristic polynomials $char(Q)$ and $char(Q^{-1})$ both have some non-integer coefficients.
  2. The $\mathbb{Z}$-span of the columns of $Q$ and $Q^{-1}$ does not contain $\mathbb Z^n$, i.e $Span_{\mathbb Z} \{ Q(\mathbb Z^{n}), Q^{-1}(\mathbb Z^{n})\} \nsupseteq\mathbb Z^n$.

It's quite easy to find a matrix that satisfies (1), e.g. $Q=\begin{bmatrix} 1.5 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}.$ However, I can't find a matrix that satisfies both properties.

Any ideas to construct such a matrix would be really appreciated.

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Thanks to Jeremy, here is an example:

$Q=\begin{bmatrix} 1/3 & 0 & 0 \\ 1/2 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$