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Bussyite-(Y)

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Bussyite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm
Description

Exceptional and rare co-type locality specimen of stacked bussyite-(Y) (ref. mindat min-46442) crystals, up to 1 cm in size.   Bussyite-(Y) is unique to the Poudrette Quarry.  Collected by Gilles Haineault in 2004.  Ex-Gilles Haineault collection specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bussyite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,REE,Ca)3(Na,Ca)6MnSi8Be6(O,F,OH)34
Hardness: 
0.0
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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