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Aegirine & Adamsite-(Y)

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Aegirine & Adamsite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6.5 × 4 cm
Weight: 
140.00gr
Description

Typical specimen of large black aegirine crystals on matrix and aggregates of green aegirine crystals, associated with white adamsite-(Y) crystals filling some small vugs.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aegirine

Formula: 
NaFe3+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Rundemyr, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway

Adamsite-(Y)

Formula: 
NaY[CO3]2·6H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
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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