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Sheldrickite & Shortite

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Sheldrickite & Shortite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a piece of yellow shortite with white, scaly aggregates of rare sheldrickite crystals from the type locality. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sheldrickite

Formula: 
NaCa3(CO3)2F3·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.15
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Shortite

Formula: 
Na2Ca2(CO3)3
Strunz: 
5.AC.25
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
John Hay Jr. Well No. 1, Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA

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