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Hilairite & Burbankite

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Hilairite & Burbankite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

Brown hilairite crystals with a single burbankite crystal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hilairite

Formula: 
Na2Zr[SiO3]3·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.DM.10
Hardness: 
4.5
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

Burbankite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5
Strunz: 
5.AC.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Vermiculite prospect No. 6, Big Sandy Creek, Bearpaw Mts, Hill Co., Montana, USA