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Sheldrickite Schairerite & Shortite

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Sheldrickite Schairerite & Shortite

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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: 
3 × 2.8 × 2 cm
Weight: 
20.00gr
Description

Type locality specimen of sheldrickite associated with schairerite and shortite.  Ex-Paul Lortie specimen (label).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sheldrickite

Formula: 
NaCa3(CO3)2F3·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.15
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
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

Schairerite

Formula: 
Na3(SO4)(F,Cl)
Strunz: 
7.BD.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Shortite

Formula: 
Na2Ca2(CO3)3
Strunz: 
5.AC.25
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
John Hay Jr. Well No. 1, Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA

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