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Gjerdingenite-Na

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Gjerdingenite-Na

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a vug hosting very rich clusters of pale pink gjerdingenite-Na crystals. A vug on the bottom hosts a few small crystals of steacyite. Rich sample of this type species from the Poudrette Quarry. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gjerdingenite-Na

Formula: 
K2Na2(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(OH,O)4·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.CE.30c
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

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