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Monteregianite-(Y) & Calcioancylite

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Monteregianite-(Y) & Calcioancylite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 4.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with many vugs hosting small grey prisms of monteregianite-Y with pink blades of calcioancylite and very nice yellow calcite crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monteregianite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Na,K)6(Y,Ca)2Si16O38·10H2O
Strunz: 
9.EB.15
Hardness: 
3.5
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

Calcioancylite

Synonym Of: 

Calcioancylite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ca,Sr)Ce(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Calcioancylite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Ca(Nd,La,Ce)(CO3)2(OH).H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

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