Switch currency

Sérandite Manganoneptunite Catapleiite & Epididymite

Views:
Watches:
CFL1154200

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.6 × 3.1 cm
Description

Superb specimen of serandite crystals associated with albite, epididymite, and manganoneptunite (superb and gemmy) and catapleiite pseudomorph/epimorph after eudyalite .  Collected by Gilles Haineault in 2004.  Ex-Gilles Haineault collection specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sérandite

Formula: 
Na(Mn2+,Ca)2(HSi3O9)
Strunz: 
9.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rouma Island (Roume Island; Roma Island; Ruma Island), Los Archipelago (Los Islands), Guinea

Manganoneptunite

Formula: 
Na2KLi(Mn2+,Fe2+)2Ti2[Si8O24]
Strunz: 
9.EH.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Maly Mannepakhk Mt (Malyi Mannepakhk Mt), Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Catapleiite

Formula: 
Na2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.CA.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Epididymite

Formula: 
Na2Be2Si6O15·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.55
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Current price

$

Starting price

$500
(reserve not met) (reserve met)

You are the highest bidder

You have been outbid

Proxy bid set
$
Delayed bid pending at
$
Delayed Bid is Outbid

Your maximum bid $:

(Enter or more)

Start 07 Dec 18:00
End
No. of bids view history

Shipping Information

Postage Area Price
Canada
$14
USA
$14
Europe
$15
Rest of World
$17

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

Collection Arkane accept payments by Paypal and direct email messages.

Bid History

Full bid history