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Burbankite

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Burbankite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a vug absolutely full of yellow prisms of burbankite. Very rich specimen! WAH collection and mount. As is typical of some Henderson mounts, the specimen was saw-cut to fit the box rather than damage the crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Burbankite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5
Strunz: 
5.AC.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Vermiculite prospect No. 6, Big Sandy Creek, Bearpaw Mts, Hill Co., Montana, USA

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