Gittinsite and Vlasovite on Eudialyte
Kipawa Complex, Sheffield lake, Villedieu Township, Quebec, Canada

Normal light
Shortwave ultraviolet
Gittinsite and Vlasovite are very rare minerals. The pink on this specimen is eudialyte. The white ring in the center is gittinsite and the gemmy brown in the center is Vlasovite. Under shortwave ultraviolet light, vlasovite fluoresces creamy yellow and gittinsite fluoresces bluish white. Eudialyte is not fluorescent.

The size of the specimen is 1 inch in diameter.

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