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Neighborite & Elpidite

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Neighborite & Elpidite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Cube of brown neighborite crystal with a spray of light green elpidite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Neighborite

Formula: 
NaMgF3
Strunz: 
3.AA.35
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Sun Haverstrite Well, Uintah Co., Utah, USA

Elpidite

Formula: 
Na2ZrSi6O15·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.65
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0