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Schizolite Rhabdophane-(Ce) & Leucophanite

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Schizolite Rhabdophane-(Ce) & Leucophanite

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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 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Schizolite crystals associated with rhabdophane-(Ce), leucophanite, albite, microcline, gonnardite and possibly rhodochrosite.  Collected by Gilles Haineault in 2003.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schizolite

Formula: 
NaCaMnSi3O8(OH)
Crystal System: 
Triclinic

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

Leucophanite

Formula: 
NaCaBeSi2O6F
Strunz: 
9.DH.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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