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Micronews - Volume 35 Number 5, Nov 2001
Newsletter of the Canadian Micro-Mineral Association.
 


Mont Saint-Hilaire Confirmed Species, November 15, 2001
     - Malcolm Back, Bob Gault and Bob Ramik
(* denotes TYPE locality, BOLD denotes a change from the last list)


Abenakiite-(Ce)* (UK85)
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamsite-(Y)* (UK96, UK106)
Aegirine
Alabandite
Albite
(Albite + Parisite = UK26)
Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
Analcime
Anatase
Ancylite-(Ce) (UK3 & 10)
Andesine
Andradite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annite
Anorthoclase
Antimony
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Arsenopyrite
Ashcroftine-(Y)
Astrophyllite
(Astrophyllite + Natrolite = UK71)
Augite
Barite
Barylite
Barytolamprophyllite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bavenite
Behoite
Berthierine
Beryl
Beryllonite
Beudantite
Biotite series
Birnessite
Bismuth
Bonshtedtite
Bradleyite
Britholite-(Ce) (UK22)
Brochantite
Brockite
Brookite
Burbankite
Calcio-ancylite-(Ce)
Calcioburbankite* (UK100a)
Calciohilairite
Calcite
Cancrinite
Carbocernaite (UK40)
Carbonate-fluorapatite
Caresite-3T* (UK58 GP)
Carletonite* (UK15)
Catapleiite
Celestine
Cerite-(Ce)
Cerussite
Chabazite-Ca
Chabazite-Na
(Chabazite + ? = UK35)
(Chabazite + Natrolite = UK47)
Chalconatronite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Charmarite* (2H & 3T) (UK58 GP)
Chkalovite
Chlormagaluminite
Clinochlore
Cordierite
Cordylite-(Ce) (UK12)
Corundum
Cryolite
Daqingshanite-(Ce) (UK44)
Datolite
Dawsonite
Digenite
Diopside
Djurleite
Dolomite
Donnayite-(Y)* (UK33)
Dorfmanite
Doyleite* (UK45)
Dravite
Edenite
Edingtonite
Ekanite
Elpidite
Enstatite
Epididymite (UK14)
Epidote
Epistolite (UK46, previously listed as Murmanite)
Erdite
Erythrite
Eudialyte
Eudidymite
Ewaldite (UK37)
Faujasite-Na
Ferroceladonite
Ferrocolumbite
Fluorapatite
Fluorapophyllite (UK11 gp.)
Fluorbritholite-(Ce)
Fluorite
Franconite (UK43)
Gaidonnayite* (UK23)
Galena
Ganophyllite
Garronite
Gaultite* (UK84)
Genthelvite
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
Gismondine
Gmelinite-Na
Gobbinsite
Goethite
Gonnardite - name is used in place of tetranatrolite but this is highly controversial at present and it is recommended that labels not be changed until the matter is clarified.
Gotzenite
(Gotzenite + ? = UK24)
Graphite
Greigite
Griceite* (UK54)
Grossular
Gypsum
Halite
Halotrichite
Harmotome
Hedenbergite
Helvite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
Hessite
Hibschite
Hilairite* (UK20)
Hiortdahlite
Hisingerite
Hochelagaite* (UK50)
Horváthite-(Y)* (UK 104)
Hydrocerussite
Hydroxyapophyllite(UK11gp.)
Hydrozincite
Ilmenite
Ilmenorutile
Jarosite
Joaquinite-(Ce)
Kaersutite
Kainosite-(Y)
Kaolinite
Kellyite
Kentbrooksite
Khomyakovite*
Kogarkoite
Korobitsynite
Kukharenkoite-(Ce)*(UK65)
Kupletskite
Kutnohorite
Labuntsovite (UK5)
Lamprophyllite
Lanthanite-(Ce)
Langite
Låvenite
Lead
Leifite
Lemoynite* (UK13)
Lepidocrocite
Leucophanite
Leucosphenite (UK8)
Lintisite (UK74)
Lizardite
Löllingite
Loparite-(Ce)
Lorenzenite (UK1, 7, 16)
Lovozerite Grp
Lueshite
Lukechangite-(Ce)* (UK103)
Magadiite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesite
Magnetite
Makatite (UK66)
Mangankhomyakovite*
Mangan-neptunite
Manganocolumbite
Manganotychite
Marcasite
Mckelveyite-(Y) (UK30)
Meionite
Melanterite
Micheelsenite* (UK32)
Microcline
Milarite
Millerite
Mimetite
Miserite (UK36)
Molybdenite (2H & 3R)
Monazite-(Ce)
Monteregianite-(Y)* (UK6)
Montmorillonite
Mosandrite (Rinkite)?
Muscovite
Nahpoite
Nalipoite* (UK63)
Narsarsukite (UK2)
Natrite
Natrolite (+ Chabazite = UK47)
(+ Astrophyllite = UK71)
Natron
Natrophosphate
Natrosilite
Neighborite
Nenadkevitchite
Neotocite
Nepheline
Neptunite
Nickeline
Niobokupletskite*
Nontronite (UK29)
Nordite-(Ce)
Nordstrandite
Normandite* (UK59)
"Oligoclase" (not a species)
Oneillite*
Opal
Orthoclase
Orthojoaquinite-(Ce)
Parakeldyshite
Paranatrolite*- dubious status
Paraumbite
Parisite-(Ce) (18T & 72T)
(Parisite(Ce)+ albite = UK26)
Pectolite
Penkvilksite (UK41)
Perraultite* (UK17)
Petarasite* (UK42)
Petersenite-(Ce)* (UK100)
Phillipsite-K
Phillipsite-Na
or use Phillipsite series
Phlogopite
Phosinaite-(Ce) (UK64)
Pirssonite
Polylithionite
Posnjakite
Poudretteite*
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyrophanite
(Pyrophanite + Rutile = UK9)
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Quintinite-3T* (UK58gp.)
Raite
Rasvumite
Reederite-(Y) (UK102)
Remondite- (Ce)
Revdite
Rhabdophane-(Ce) (UK34)
Rhabdophane-(La)
Rhodochrosite
Richterite
Riebeckite
Rinkite (Mosandrite)?
Röntgenite
Rosenbuschite
Rouvilleite* (UK62)
Rozenite
Rutile (Rutile + Pyrophanite = UK9)
Sabinaite
Sanidine
Saponite
Sazhinite-(Ce)
Sazykinaite-(Y) (UK88)
Schairerite
Schorl
Scheelite
Searlesite
Senaite
Sepiolite
Serandite
Sheldrickite* (UK90)
Shigaite (UK 76)
Shomiokite-(Y)
Shortite
Siderite
Siderophyllite
Sidorenkite
Silinaite* (UK 81)
Sodalite
Spertiniite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Steacyite* (UK4)
Steenstrupine-(Ce)
Stillwellite-(Ce)
Strontianite
Struvite
Sugilite
Sulfur
Synchysite-(Ce) (12T & 24T)
Szomolnokite
Tadzhikite-(Ce) (UK39) (the only approved name is Tadzhikite-(Y) and at this point there is a problem in the nomenclature of this mineral. Perhaps just use Tadzhikite until this is sorted out, if ever).
Tainiolite
Tennantite
Terskite
(Terskite+Zakharovite(UK38)=UK49)
Tetrahedrite
Tetranatrolite discredited in favour of the name gonnardite
Thalcusite
Thaumasite
Thenardite
Thermonatrite
Thomasclarkite-(Y) (UK93)
Thomsonite
Thorbastnäsite
Thorite
Thornasite* (UK27)
Thorogummite
Titanite
Tremolite
Trona
Tugtupite
Tumchaite (UK110)
Tundrite-(Ce) (UK18)
Tuperssuatsiaite
Ussingite
Vaterite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite (UK21)
Villiaumite
Vinogradovite (UK28)
Vitusite-(Ce)
Vuonnemite
Wadeite
Wagnerite
Weloganite
Willemite
Wöhlerite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite (2H, 4H & 8H)
Xenotime-(Y)
Yofortierite* (UK25 & UK31)
Zakharovite (UK38)
(Zakharovite + Terskite = UK49)
Zeophyllite
Zircon
UK1 Lorenzenite
UK2 Narsarsukite
UK3 Ancylite-(Ce)
UK4 Steacyite*
UK5 Labuntsovite
UK6 Monteregianite-(Y)*
UK7 Lorenzenite
UK8 Leucosphenite
UK9 Pyrophanite + Rutile
UK10 Ancylite-(Ce)
UK11 grp. Fluorapophyllite Hydroxyapophyllite
UK12 Cordylite-(Ce)
UK13 Lemoynite*
UK14 Epididymite
UK15 Carletonite*
UK16 Lorenzenite
UK17 Perraultite*
UK18 Tundrite-(Ce)
UK19 Nenadkevichite
UK20 Hilairite*
UK21 Vesuvianite
UK22 Britholite-(Ce)
UK23 Gaidonnayite*
UK24 Gotzenite + ?
UK25 Yofortierite*
UK26 Albite + Parisite
UK27 Thornasite*
UK28 Vinogradovite
UK29 Nontronite
UK30 Mckelveyite-(Y)
UK31 Yofortierite*
UK32 Micheelsenite*
UK33 Donnayite-(Y)*
UK33A
UK34 Rhabdophane-(Ce)
UK35 Chabazite + ?
UK36 Miserite
UK37 Ewaldite
UK37A
UK38 Zakharovite
UK39 Tadzhikite-(Ce)
UK40 Carbocernaite
UK41 Penkvilksite
UK42 Petarasite*
UK43 Franconite
UK44 Daqingshanite-(Ce)
UK45 Doyleite*
UK46 Epistolite
UK47 Chabazite + Natrolite
UK48 & UK48A
UK49 Terskite + Zakharovite(UK38)
UK50 Hochelagaite*
UK51
UK52
UK53 ,UK53A & UK53B
UK54 Griceite*
UK55 grp.
UK56
UK57 nearing completion
UK58 grp. Caresite-3T*, Charmarite (2H & 3T)* Quintinite-3T*
UK59 Normandite*
UK60 & UK60A
UK61 completed, not yet published
UK61a
UK62 Rouvilleite*
UK63 Nalipoite*
UK64 Phosinaite
UK65 Kukharenkoite-(Ce)*
UK66 Makatite
UK67
UK68
UK69 approved, not published A McDonald
UK70
UK71 Astrophyllite + Natrolite
UK72
UK73 grp.
UK74 Lintisite
UK75 nearing completion
UK76 Shigaite
UK77 grp.
UK78
UK79
UK80
UK81 Silinaite*
UK82 & UK82A
UK83
UK84 Gaultite*
UK85 Abenakiite-(Ce)*
UK86
UK87
UK88 Sazykinaite-(Y)
UK89
UK90 Sheldrickite*
UK91
UK92 submitted to IMA for approval, A. McDonald
UK93 Thomasclarkite-(Y)
UK94
UK95
UK96 Adamsite-(Y)*
UK97
UK98
UK99
UK100 Petersenite-(Ce)*
UK100A Calcioburbankite*
UK101
UK102 Reederite-(Y)
UK103 Lukechangite-(Ce)*
UK104 Horváthite-(Y)*
UK105 yttrium phosphate M.Back, R.Ramik, A.McDonald, R.Gault
UK106 Adamsite-(Y)
UK107 nearing completion A. McDonald & M. Back
UK108 nearing completion A. McDonald & M. Back
UK109
UK110 Tumchaite
UK111 Ca,Na,Mn,Ba,(PO4), A. McDonald, R. Gault


NOTES: This list was compiled from various sources including the following, whom we gratefully acknowledge:

  • Mineralogical Record, Vol. 21, No. 4, 1990
  • Rocks & Minerals, Vol. 70, No. 2, 1995. Mont Saint-Hilaire Revisited, Part 2.
  • Mr. Les Horváth
  • Mr. Tony Steede

    Please forward any additions, deletions or corrections to the editors of this list.



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