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Hilairite

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Hilairite

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Description
Locality: 
Kirovskii Mine, Kukisvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

Specimen hosting sharp brown trigonal crystals of Hilarite, in association with Donnayte and Nenadkevickite.

Very rare and well represented.

The specimen belonged to the Sandro Maggia collection and retains his label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hilairite

Formula: 
Na2Zr[SiO3]3·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.DM.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

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The item can be returned for whichever reason, provided its original conditions, and within 10 days from its delivery to the Buyer. In the case of returning, the Buyer will be entitled to the refund of the item price; shipping costs will remain at the Buyer's charge in any case.