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Emeleusite
- Illutalik Island
- Ilímaussaq Complex
- Kujalleq
- Greenland
- Denmark
- 2.1 × 1.6 × 0.6 cm – Thumbnail specimen (fits into a 2.5 cm cube)
Emeleusite is a sodium lithium iron silicate. Upton et al. (1978) named the species after C. Henry Emeleus (1930-2017), igneous petrologist at the University of Durham, England.
Emeleusite forms pink plates in a matrix of aegirine and albite. From the collection of E.R. Laskowski (1949-2020), a mining engineer who retired to Tucson, Arizona.
Price: $125
Item code: MS1903
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