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Elpidite

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Elpidite

Fluorescent

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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: 
6.3 × 3.3 × 2.4 cm
Weight: 
55.00gr
Description

Old specimen of beautiful sprays of acicular elpidite crystals on matrix  of a partial microcline crystal completely covered with tiny gemmy analcime crystals, nodular black unidentified species (birnessite?) and tiny creamy crystals of another unidentified species.  Ex-Ecole Polytechnique (Montreal University) specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Elpidite

Formula: 
Na2ZrSi6O15·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.65
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0

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