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Donnayite-(Y)

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Donnayite-(Y)

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Locality: 
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

From the type locality, this is an exceptional 1.3 x 1.0 x 0.9 double terminated crystal of Donnayite -Y on a cluster of white calcite crystals. Sprinkled liberally over the entire piece are druzy crystals of pyrite. On the reverse of the display side is a smaller crystal of donnayite - y.

A superb specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Donnayite-(Y)

Formula: 
NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.05
Hardness: 
3.0
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

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