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Lanthanite Garronite-Ca & Calcioburbankite

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Lanthanite Garronite-Ca & Calcioburbankite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Lanthanite blades with white blocky crystals of garonite and sprays of tan calcioburbankite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lanthanite

Synonym Of: 

Lanthanite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)3·8H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.25
Hardness: 
2.5

Lanthanite-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)2(CO3)3·8H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.25
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Lanthanite-(Nd)

Formula: 
(Nd,La)2(CO3)3·8H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.25
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Garronite-Ca

Formula: 
Na2Ca5Al12Si20O64·27H2O
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group
Strunz: 
9.GC.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Glenariff Valley, Garron Plateau, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Calcioburbankite

Formula: 
Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5
Strunz: 
5.AC.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
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