![schlossmacherite cut in cabochon](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/schlossmacherite-cabochon69-150x150.png)
![eudialyte from Russia polished in cabochon](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/eudialyte-cabochon-fantaisie-russie177-300x194.png)
eudialyte
![eudialyte crystal from Greenland](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/eudialyte-cristal-groenland-300x200.jpg)
eudialyte crystal from Greenland
![green aegirine on pink eudialyte from Kola Peninsula in Russia](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/aegirine-sur-eudyalite-kola-russie-300x200.jpg)
green aegirine on pink eudialyte from Kola Peninsula in Russia
![solid like inclusions and split](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/inclusions-eudialyte-300x200.jpg)
solid like inclusions and split
Detailed sheet
eudialyte
Discovered in 1819 in Greenland, it is named after the Greek “eu”, easy, and “dialytos”, – which breaks down because it is easily dissolved in acid -.
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CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Na4(Ca,Ce,Fe)2Zr[Si6O17](OH,Cl)2
complex silicate
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PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Main color
pink
Other colors
brown, red, green, purple
Color of streak
white, pink
Luster
vitreous
Hardness
5.0 to 5.5
Density
2.72 to 2.99
Cleavage
indistinct
Fracture
uneven
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OPTICAL PROPERTIES
Transparency
translucent, transparent
Refractive index
1.590 - 1.633
Double refraction
0.003
very weak, uniaxial (+)
visible double refraction
No
Dispersion
-
Pleochroism
very weak
Number of colors
2
colorless, pink
![](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/spectre-absorption-eudialyte-rouge.jpg)
red eudialyte spectrum system
Fluorescence
variable
sometimes red
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CRYSTALS PROPERTIES
tabular and massive granular agregates
![](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cristal-eudialyte.gif)
crystals system
trigonal
![](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/zoom-in.png)
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OTHER INFORMATIONS
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APPROACHING GEMS
Exploited
sites
It is found in the United States (Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Alaska), Brazil (Amazon), Portugal, Ukraine, Norway, Russia, Canada.
use in jewelry
The deep pink and transparent variety is faceted, granular varieties are used to make cabochons and carved decorative objects.
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