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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: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

Spray of eirikite topped with rhodochrosite crsytals from MSH. 

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