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Gittinsite & Eudialyte

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Gittinsite & Eudialyte

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Description
Locality: 
Kipawa, Sheffield Lake, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

White crystal aggregtaes of the rare mineral gittinsite associated to pink eudialyite from the type locality for the first mineral

Gittinsite is a zirconium mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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

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