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Eirikite & Rhodochrosite

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Eirikite & Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

White sprays of eirikite and small flakes of polylithionite the fluoresces yellow under short wave light on rhodochrosite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eirikite

Formula: 
KNa6Be2(Si15Al3)O39F2
Strunz: 
9.EH.25
Hardness: 
6.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Eudidymite-Epididymite locality, Vesle Arøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania