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Loparite & Lueshite

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Loparite & Lueshite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Black crystals of loparite and lueshite on pectolite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Loparite

Renamed To: 

Loparite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Na,Ce,Ca,Sr,Th)(Ti,Nb,Fe)O3
Strunz: 
4.CC.35
Hardness: 
5.5

Lueshite

Formula: 
NaNbO3
Strunz: 
4.CC.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Cubes with striated faces
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lueshe Mine, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)