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Caresite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very nice large crystals of caresite on the matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Caresite

Formula: 
Fe2+4Al2(OH)12[CO3]·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.40
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
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