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Elpidite with Rhodochrosite from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

 
Elpidite with Rhodochrosite from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Elpidite with Rhodochrosite from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Elpidite with Rhodochrosite from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

DESCRIPTION:No. 73450
Mineral:Elpidite with Rhodochrosite
Locality:Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Description:Elongated translucent green-gray elpidite crystals to 29 mm with small translucent brown rhodochrosite crystals to 0.3 mm on a few faces of the elpidite crystals. Large elpidite crystals like this are highly sought by local collectors. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and II)
Overall Size:33x10x9 mm
Crystals:0.1-29.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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