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Peatite-(Y) & Ramikite-(Y) & Gobbinsite

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Peatite-(Y) & Ramikite-(Y) & Gobbinsite

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Description
Locality: 
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

White cubes of these new minerals,( Ramikte Y surrounded by Peatite Y)
Very rich specimen with 2 "big", and some "small" crystals.
Associated minerals are gobbinsite, and sabinaite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Peatite-(Y)

Formula: 
Li4Na12Y12(PO4)12(CO3)4(F,OH)8
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Pale pink
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

Ramikite-(Y)

Formula: 
Li4(Na,Ca)12Y6Zr6(PO4)12(CO3)4O4[(OH),F]4
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
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

Gobbinsite

Formula: 
Na4(Ca,Mg,K2)Al6Si10O32·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Hills Port, Gobbins, Island Magee, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

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