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Barytolamprophyllite & Villiaumite

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Barytolamprophyllite & Villiaumite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a vug hosting rare needles of barytolamprophyllite in several vugs in altered pegmatite. A rare mineral from MSH. Collected by Gilles Haineault and analyzed. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barytolamprophyllite

Formula: 
(Ba,Na)2(Na,Ti,Fe3+)4Ti2(Si2O7)2O(OH,F)
Strunz: 
9.BE.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Villiaumite

Formula: 
NaF
Strunz: 
3.AA.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rouma Island (Roume Island; Roma Island; Ruma Island), Los Archipelago (Los Islands), Guinea

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