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Malinkoite Martinite Erdite & Eudialyte

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Malinkoite Martinite Erdite & Eudialyte

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm
Description

Pinkish blades and disk shaped crystals of malinkoite with tiny hexagonal pinkish crystals of martinite, copper wirey crystals of erdite, and eudyalite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malinkoite

Formula: 
NaBSiO4
Strunz: 
9.FA.10
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Martinite

Formula: 
(Na,◻,Ca)12Ca4(Si,S,B)14B2O38(OH,Cl)2F2·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.80
Hardness: 
0.0
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

Erdite

Formula: 
NaFeS2·2H2O
Strunz: 
2.FD.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Coyote Peak, Coastal Range, Humboldt Co., California, USA

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