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Albite & Ancylite

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Albite & Ancylite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 0.5 cm
Description

Light brown sticks of rhabdophane with ancylite, rhodochrosite, catapleiite, analcime, gonnardite, leucophanite, serandite and kupletskite on albite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Ancylite

Synonym Of: 

Ancylite-(Ce)

Formula: 
SrCe(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Ancylite-(La)

Formula: 
Sr(La,Ce)(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5