Occurs intergrown with zirsilite-(Ce) in a cavity near the margin of a marble xenolith in an igneous breccia along the contact between porphyritic nepheline syenite and sodalite sye nite. Eudialyte group
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added)
Locality:
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Named for Ole Johnsen (b. 1940), of the Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and for his extensive research into the eudialyte group.