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Raite & Eudialyte

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.6 × 2.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with at least two large vugs hosting truly fantastic sprays of raite that rival the Russian locality. This is the best raite from MSH that I have personally seen. There are also large crystal sections of eudialyte. Former Gary Grenier collection. World class piece!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Raite

Formula: 
Na4Mn2+3Ti0.25Si8O20(OH)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.55
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Eudialyte

Formula: 
Na15Ca6(Fe2+,Mn2+)3Zr3[Si25O73](O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2
Strunz: 
9.CO.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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