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Vlasovite Eudialyte & Gittinsite

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Vlasovite Eudialyte & Gittinsite

ex Americo Urbinati collection

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Description
Locality: 
Kipawa, Sheffield Lake, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm
Description

vivid pink massive eudyalite hosts a rind of white gittinsite that surrounds a yellow grey vlasovite mass 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vlasovite

Formula: 
Na2ZrSi4O11
Strunz: 
9.DM.25
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Vavnbed 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

Gittinsite

Formula: 
CaZrSi2O7
Strunz: 
9.BC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada