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Lemoynite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Superb thumbnail specimen of type locality specimen of lemoynite (and/or natrolemoynite) crystals on matrix.  The two species cannot be visually distinguish from each other and can coexist on the same specimen.  Lemoynite is found in three localities worldwide, two of them in Quebec Province, Canada.  Natrolemoynite is found in two localities worldwide.  Collected by Gilles Haineault in 1985.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lemoynite

Formula: 
(Na,K)2CaZr2Si10O26·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.DP.35
Hardness: 
4.0
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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