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Tritomite-(Y)

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Tritomite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Madawaska Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm
Description

Dark brown to black tritomite-(Y) from Madawaska mine, Canada. 

Ex J. Chabot collection.

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tritomite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,La,Fe)5(Si,B,Al)3(O,OH,F)13
Strunz: 
9.AH.25
Hardness: 
3.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Unnamed prospect pit, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada