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Ferrokentbrooksite

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Ferrokentbrooksite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a a very nice, quite large orange crystal of ferrokentbrooksite on matrix. The crystal is zoned, probably with a khomyakovite core (bright pink). 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferrokentbrooksite

Formula: 
Na15Ca6(Fe,Mn)3Zr3NbSi25O73(O,OH,H2O)3Cl2
Strunz: 
9.CO.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
white
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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