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Micheelsenite

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Micheelsenite

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Description
Locality: 
Midtfjellet Quarry, Malerød, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Colourless needles of micheelsenite on analcime. Often accompanied by  a mineral which belongs to the britholite group, which needs more investigation.  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Micheelsenite

Formula: 
(Ca,Y)3Al(HPO4,CO3)(CO3)(OH)6·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.DO.30
Hardness: 
3.5 - 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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Micheelsenite