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Mont Saint-Hilaire Unknowns - 100's
Mont Saint-Hilaire Unknowns - 100's
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| UK# 101 - Na,K,Ti (SiO2) |
Properties - very small white balls, botryoidal groups Occurrence - sodalite xenolith Associated minerals - aegirine, albite, lovozerite and sodalite (Top) |
| UK# 105 - Y (PO4) |
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Properties - white to grey balls to 3mm with earthy lustre. Broken balls show a radiating structure with pearly lustre and comprised of platy micaceous crystals Occurrence - pegmatite Associated minerals - aegirine, albite and sérandite(Top) |
| UK# 107 - (Na,Ca)6(Zr,Y)3Y3(PO4)(CO3)(OH,F)2 · 2H2O |
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Properties - pink to colourless transparent rims on UK-108, sub- to euhedral pseudo-cubes to 0.2 mm Occurrence - altered pegmatite Associated minerals - analcime, catapleiite, cryolite, donnayite, elpidite, horváthite, rhodochrosite, sabinaite, synchysite-(Ce) and various zeolites NOTES - Proposals are close to IMA submission stage(Top) |
 UK-107, 3mm © Gilles Haineault |
| UK# 108 - (Na,Ca)6Y6(PO4)(CO3)F2 · 2H2O |
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Properties - yellow translucent to opaque cores surrounded by UK-107, sub- to euhedral pseudo-cubes to 0.2 mm Occurrence - altered pegmatite Associated minerals - analcime, catapleiite, cryolite, donnayite, elpidite, horváthite, rhodochrosite, sabinaite, synchysite-(Ce) and various zeolites NOTES - Proposals are close to the IMA submission stage(Top) |