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Eudialyte

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Eudialyte

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Lombadas, Ribeira Grande, São Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm
Description

An absolute rarity from this classic locality: pink eudyalite!

Eudyalite (and eudyalite group minerals) are common at Lombadas, but they tend to be orange or brown in color. Pink crystals like this one are extremmely rare.

Collected: 
2015
Boxed with Label
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