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Eudialyte Lovozerite & Steenstrupine-(Ce)

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Eudialyte Lovozerite & Steenstrupine-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Typical matrix specimen of eudyalite crystals associated with lovozerite and steenstrupine-(Ce).  Collected by Gilles Haineault in 1989.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Lovozerite

Formula: 
Na2Ca(Zr,Ti)(Si6O12)[(OH)4O2]·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CJ.15a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Upper El'maraiok River (Elemaraik), Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Steenstrupine-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na14Mn2+2(Fe3+,Mn3+)2Ce6(Zr,Th)(Si6O18)2(PO4)6(HPO4)(OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.CK.20
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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