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Sabinaite Rhabdophane-(Ce) Genthelvite Kupletskite

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Sabinaite Rhabdophane-(Ce) Genthelvite Kupletskite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Translucent to gemmy colorless sabinaite crystals associated with a very nice group of rhabdophane-(Ce) crystals, fluorescent genthelvite, kupletskite, aegirine, albite and a mica.  Collected by Gilles Haineault in 1992.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sabinaite

Formula: 
Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4
Strunz: 
5.BB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Rhabdophane-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La)(PO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK

Genthelvite

Formula: 
Zn4(Be3Si3O12)S
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
West Cheyenne Canon, Cheyenne District (St. Peters Dome District), El Paso Co., Colorado, USA

Kupletskite

Formula: 
(K,Na)3(Mn,Fe)7Ti2Si8O26(OH)4F
Strunz: 
9.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Kuivchorr Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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