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Thorbastnäsite & Sabinaite

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Thorbastnäsite & Sabinaite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

White crystals of thorbastnasite crystals with small crystals of sabianite with siderite throughout the matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorbastnäsite

Formula: 
Th(Ca,Ce)(CO3)2F2·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Colour: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Pichikhol' alkaline Massif, Balygtyg-Khem River, Sangilen Upland, Tuva Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Sabinaite

Formula: 
Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4
Strunz: 
5.BB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada