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Rouvilleite

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Description
Locality: 
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

Abundant pale tan vitreous waxy crystals of the extremely rare Na-Ca-Mn mineral rouvilleite from the type locality in Mont Saint-Hilaire, in the former Rouville County, Québec, Canada.

Unique combination of elements (as of January 2022).

Only 3 known localities worldwide !

Don't miss the opportunity to get this very sought after mineral rarely seen in the mineral systematic market.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rouvilleite

Formula: 
Na3(Ca,Mn,Fe)2(CO3)3F
Strunz: 
5.BC.10
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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