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Hingganite-(Y) & Cordylite

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Hingganite-(Y) & Cordylite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample hosting a nice pink cluster of very rare pink hingganite-Y crystals that are dotted with small prisms of apatite. There are also a few small cordylite-Ce plates and small discs of red pyrophanite. Hingannite-Y is one of the rarest minerals at MSH and was limited to a single find. Formerly UK48. Includes notes by the original owner. Collected 1976. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cordylite

Synonym Of: 

Cordylite-(Ce)

Formula: 
NaBaCe2(CO3)4F
Strunz: 
5.BD.05
Hardness: 
4.5

Cordylite-(La)

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)Ba(La,Ce,Sr)2(CO3)4F
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0

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