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Siderite Analcime & Calcioburbankite

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Siderite Analcime & Calcioburbankite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 4.5 cm
Description

Very nice specimen of siderite crystals associated with analcime, albite, type locality calcioburbankite, and possibly sabinaite.  Collected by Gilles Haineault.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Analcime

Formula: 
Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cyclopean Islands, Acitrezza (Aci Trezza), Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

Calcioburbankite

Formula: 
Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5
Strunz: 
5.AC.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
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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