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Hochelagaite

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Hochelagaite

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Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm
Description

A small group of snow white tuffed groups of hochelagaite, a rare and very complex oxide containing niobium, tantalum and titanium on a dark contrasting 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
Earthstones Australia

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