Elpidite

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Although first discovered in the Narssârssuk pegmatite in Greenland, the world's finest crystals of the very rare hydrated sodium zirconium silicate Elpidite come from the famous Mont Saint-Hilaire deposit in Québec, Canada - one of the world's most diverse mineral occurrence, with over 440 different species recorded. This lovely miniature specimen features silky acicular Elpidite crystals reaching 2.2 cm in length, spanning and following the length of a small linear cavity in platy ?Albite from Mont Saint-Hilaire. It is not the glossy, terminated microcrystals habit found there, but the earlier, larger, richer crystallized material, probably dating to the 1980s. It is from the superb systematic collection assembled by the brothers Martin and Michael Günther (1951-2007 & 1956-2021) and makes a very nice example of this rare species.