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Eudidymite Rhodochrosite & Genthelvite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Very nice uncommon specimen of eudidymite crystals associated with rhodochrosite and fluorescent genthelvite.  Collected by Gilles Haineault.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eudidymite

Formula: 
Na2Be2Si6O15·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.60
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Eudidymite locality, Lille Arøya (Midtre Arøy; Øvre Arøy; Övre-Arö), 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

Genthelvite

Formula: 
Zn4(Be3Si3O12)S
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
West Cheyenne Canon, Cheyenne District (St. Peters Dome District), El Paso Co., Colorado, USA

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