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Sazykinaite-(Y) & Ussingite

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Sazykinaite-(Y) & Ussingite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with an extremely rare brown rhombohedron of sazykinaite-Y in a vug of ussingite crystals from the Poudrette Quarry. One of the rarest species from MSH. Collected by Gilles Haineault and sold to Fred DeVito. This species was only found once at MSH. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sazykinaite-(Y)

Formula: 
Na5YZr[SiO3]6·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.DM.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Koashva quarry, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Ussingite

Formula: 
Na2AlSi3O8OH
Strunz: 
9.EH.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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