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Gittinsite Vlasovite & Eudialyte

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Gittinsite Vlasovite & Eudialyte

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Description
Locality: 
Kipawa, Sheffield Lake, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very nice type locality specimen of white gittinsite associated with amber vlasovite and red eudialyte.  Notice the fluorescence of gittinsite and vlasovite.

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

Vlasovite

Formula: 
Na2ZrSi4O11
Strunz: 
9.DM.25
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Vavnbed Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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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