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Paraumbite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Grey platy crystal of the very rare zirconium mineral from the famous Poudrette quarry in Quebec. The crystal is hidden in a small cavity , so it was very difficult to photograph.

Paraumbites from this Canadian locality are never seen in the mineral market since all specimens are always from the TL in Murmansk.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paraumbite

Formula: 
K3Zr2H(Si3O9)2·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.25
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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