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Niveolanite

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Niveolanite

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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: 
8 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Type locality specimen of white fibrous niveolanite (or possibly lecoqite-(Y)) crystals in a small vug, associated with aegirine.  The Poudrette Quarry is the only locality where niveolanite is found and there are only two localities worldwide for lecoqite-(Y).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Niveolanite

Formula: 
NaBe(CO3)(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.35
Hardness: 
0.0
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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