Remondite-(Ce)
Na₃(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)₃(CO₃)₅

     Remondite-(Ce), a member of the burbankite group, is rare at MSH. Many of the specimens designated in the past as burbankite are in fact remondite-(Ce).

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

Color is usually pink to orange, brilliant orange or red.
Luster is vitreous.
Diaphaneity is transparent.
Crystal System is monoclinic; P2₁.
Crystal Habits include hexagonal prismatic crystals.
Cleavage is imperfect.
Fracture is conchoidal.
Hardness is 3 - 3.5
Specific Gravity is approximately 3.4 g/cm³.
Streak is white.
Associated Minerals include albite, analcime, barite, dawsonite,
   donnayite, ilmenite and wöhlerite.
Distinguishing Features: Crystal habit.
Origin: Named in 1988 after Guy Remond, French mineral physicist.

CLASSIFICATION:

REFERENCES:
Dana 8:460 (1997)

DISTRIBUTION AND RARITY AT MONT SAINT-HILAIRE:

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