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.7" Rare Grey Elpidite Crystal - Quebec, Canada
This is an interesting specimen of rare grey elpidite crystals. This uncommon mineral comes out of Mont Saint-Hilaire in Quebec, Canada.
The specimen is accompanied by a small acrylic display case.
The specimen is accompanied by a small acrylic display case.
About Elpidite
Elpidite is a rare hydrated sodium zirconium silicate of alkaline rocks deficient in silica: albitized nepheline syenites, syenitic pegmatites, and fenites in particular. It's name comes from the Greek elpidos (to hope), in the hope of finding other interesting minerals at its place of discovery. It forms prismatic crystals, sometimes decimetric, and flabelliform or fibrous aggregates. Elpidite is colorless or variously colored pale green, green-yellow, brownish, sometimes brick red.
General Chemical Formula - Na2ZrSi6O15•3H2O
Elpidite is a rare hydrated sodium zirconium silicate of alkaline rocks deficient in silica: albitized nepheline syenites, syenitic pegmatites, and fenites in particular. It's name comes from the Greek elpidos (to hope), in the hope of finding other interesting minerals at its place of discovery. It forms prismatic crystals, sometimes decimetric, and flabelliform or fibrous aggregates. Elpidite is colorless or variously colored pale green, green-yellow, brownish, sometimes brick red.
General Chemical Formula - Na2ZrSi6O15•3H2O
$19
SPECIES
Elpidite & Rhodochrosite
LOCATION
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
SIZE
.7 x .1"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#380292
