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Mckelveyite-(Y)

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Mckelveyite-(Y)

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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: 
4 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

Very rich and exceptional specimen of mckelveyite-(Y) crystals, up to several mm in size, associated with colorless quartz, rutile and dolomite.  Collected by Gilles Haineault in 1999.  Ex-Gilles Haineault collection specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mckelveyite-(Y)

Formula: 
NaCaBa3Y(CO3)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Diamond Alkali Daco No. 3, Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA

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