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Latrappite

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Description
Locality: 
Bond Zone, Oka, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

From the type locality, this is a rich specimen featuring a white calcite matrix sprinkled by black pseudocubic crystals of latrappite of very good lustre.

Acquired in 1968, it is from the collection of Georges Vanacker*.

*Vanackerite from Tsumeb was named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Latrappite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Nb,Ti,Fe)O3
Strunz: 
4.CC.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Bond zone (Quebec Columbium Ltd. and Columbium Mining Products properties), Oka complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada

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