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Rhabdophane & Pyrochlore

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Rhabdophane & Pyrochlore

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm
Description

Light brown sticks of rhabdophane crystals with gonnardite, and yellowish-orange pyroclore crystals on aegirine. All on an albite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrochlore

Synonym Of: 

Pyrochlore Group

Formula: 
A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
Strunz: 
4
Hardness: 
5 - 5.5
Group Parent: 
Pyrochlore Group