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Poudretteite

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Poudretteite

Forrest Cureton collection
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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0 × 0 × 0 cm
Description

You are bidding on a staggeringly rare sample of poudretteite from MSH. This is a mounted, .8mm, pale pink, pure crystal fragment from the only find of the mineral at Mont Saint Hilaire. The sample came from the type material and was housed in the Forrest Cureton collection. Incredible chance to obtain a sample of one of the rarest type minerals from the locality! Named after the family that owned the quarries until 2007. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Poudretteite

Formula: 
KNa2B3Si12O30
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
5.0
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

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