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Hochelagaite

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Hochelagaite

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Description
Locality: 
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A beige broken hochelagaite sphere from MSH, Monteregie, Canada on matrix. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hochelagaite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,Sr)(Nb,Ti,Si,Al)4O11·8H2O
Strunz: 
4.FM.15
Hardness: 
4.0
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