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Shortite

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Shortite

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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 cm
Description

Rarely available specimen of translucent to gemmy yellow shortite crystals, up to several millimeters in size, associated with possibly acicular aegirine and othe unidentified species in a pectolite rich matrix.  Collected by Gilles Haineault in 1990.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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