Mont Saint-Hilaire has been and continues to be an excellent provider of new mineral species to science since it was brought to the attention of mineralogists in 1963 by Frank Melanson. As many problematical species were recovered it was necessary to assign code names to the unknowns.
The present list includes the code names up to UK #113, 42 of which are still unidentified (several UK’s in description process). The following table will link to a brief description of their properties, rock environments, associated minerals and fluorescence to help in their recognition. A (p) indicates a photo is available for that UK, expect many more soon. At this time only UK-33, -52, -53, -60, -86, -107 and -113 have photos. The unknowns will also be categorized in three categories: (only UK -75, -92, -99, -105, -107 and -108 for now)
Some notes on the progress of some of the unknowns have been added to the following UKs: -75, -99, -107, and -108. Those are updates from Dr Andy McDonald of Laurentian University.
signifies that this unknown is on the fast-track toward description. | means that this UK will need some help if it wants to go forward. | indicates that this unknown is at a dead end for the time being. |
UK# 33A | UK# 37A | UK# 51 | UK# 52 | UK# 52A | UK# 53 |
UK# 53B | UK# 55 | UK# 56 | UK# 60(1) | UK# 60(2) | UK# 60A |
UK# 67 | UK# 68(1) | UK# 68(2) | UK# 68A | UK# 70 | UK# 72 |
UK# 73 | UK# 75 | UK# 77 | UK# 78 | UK# 79 | UK# 80 |
UK# 82 | UK# 82A | UK# 83 | UK# 86 | UK# 87 | UK# 89 |
UK# 91(1) | UK# 91(2) | UK# 94 | UK# 95 | UK# 98 | UK# 99 |
UK# 101 | UK# 105 | UK# 107 | UK# 108 | UK# 111 | UK# 113 |
UK# 1 UK# 2 UK# 3 UK# 4 UK# 5UK# 6 UK# 7 UK# 8 UK# 9 UK# 10UK# 11 UK# 12 UK# 13 UK# 14 UK# 15UK# 16 UK# 17 UK# 18 UK# 19 UK# 20UK# 21 UK# 22 UK# 23 UK# 24 UK# 25UK# 26 UK# 27 UK# 28 UK# 29 UK# 30
| Lorenzenite Narsarsukite Ancylite-(Ce) Steacyite LabuntsoviteMonteregianite-(Y) Lorenzenite Leucosphenite Mixture of pyrophanite and rutile Ancylite-(Ce)Apophyllite group Cordylite-(Ce) Lemoynite Epididymite CarletoniteLorenzenite Perraultite Tundrite-(Ce) Nenadkevichite HilairiteVesuvianite Britholite-(Ce) Gaidonnayite Mixture of götzenite and another phase YofortieriteMixture of parisite and albite Thornasite Vinogradovite Nontronite Mckelvite-(Y) |
UK# 31 UK #32 UK# 33 UK# 33A UK# 34 UK# 35 | Yofortierite Micheelsenite Donnayite-(Y) (REE analogue of donnayite-(Y)) (p) Rhabdophane group Mixture of chabazite and another phase |
UK# 36 UK# 37 UK# 37A UK# 38 UK# 39 UK# 40 | Miserite Ewaldite (Sr analogue of ewaldite) Zakharovite Tadzhikite-(Ce) Carbocernaite |
UK# 41 UK# 42 UK# 43 UK# 44 UK# 45 | Penkvilskite Petarasite Franconite Daqingshanite-(Ce) Doyleite |
UK# 46 UK# 47 UK# 48 UK# 48A UK# 49 UK# 50 UK# 50A | Epistolite (previously murmanite) Mixture of chabazite and natrolite Hingganite-(Y) Hingganite-(Ce) Mixture of terskite and zakharovite Hochelagaite Like hochelagaite with a slightly different X-ray pattern |
UK# 51 UK# 52 UK# 52A UK# 53 UK# 53A UK# 53B UK# 54 UK# 55 | (Al hydroxide) (Hydrous K, Na, Mn, Fe silicate) (p) (Hydrous K, Na, Mn, Fe silicate) (Na B silicate) (p) Malinkoite (NaB silicate) Griceite (Copper sulfide) |
UK# 56 UK# 57 UK# 58 UK# 59 UK# 60(1) UK# 60(2) UK# 60A | (Hydrous Ca Nb oxide) Lalondeite Charmarite Normandite (Hydrous carbonate of Sr, Ba, Ca and REE, where Sr > Ba) (Hydrous carbonate of Sr, Ba, Ca and REE, where Sr > Ba) (Hydrous carbonate of Sr, Ba, Ca and REE, where Ba > Sr) |
UK# 61 UK# 61A UK# 62 UK# 63 UK# 64 UK# 65 | Haineaultite Haineaultite Rouvilleite Nalipoite Phosinaite-(Ce) Kukharenkoite-(Ce) |
UK# 66UK# 67 UK# 68(1) UK# 68(2) UK# 68A UK# 69 UK# 70 | Makatite (Zr, Na, K, Mn, Ca and Fe silicate) (Na, Mn, Nb oxide or hydroxide) (Na, Mn, Nb oxide or hydroxide) (Na, Mn, Nb oxide or hydroxide) Bobtraillite (Ca, K, Mn, Nb, Al silicate) |
UK# 71 UK# 72 UK# 73 UK# 74 UK# 75 | Mixture of astrophyllite and natrolite (Ca silicate, with minor Al, Fe) (Hydrous Na carbonates (3 members)) Lintisite (Ti analogue of lemoynite) |
UK# 76 UK# 77 UK# 78 UK# 79 UK# 80 | Shigaite (Hydrous Na, Ca silicate) (Na, Mn silicate) (Na, Fe, Mn silicate) (Na, Fe, Mn silicate) |
UK# 81 UK# 82 UK# 82A UK# 83 UK# 84 UK# 85 | Silinaite (Hydrous Cu Fe sulfide) (Hydrous Cu Fe sulfide) (Ca, Na, Mn, Ti and Th silicate) Gaultite Abenakiite-(Ce) |
UK# 86 UK# 87 UK# 88 UK# 89 UK# 90(1) UK# 90(2) | (?, soon) (p) (Pb) Sazykinaite-(Y) (Hydrous Na carbonate) Sheldrickite Sheldrickite |
UK# 91(1) UK# 91(2) UK# 92 UK# 93 UK# 94 UK# 95 | (Na, Al & REE carbonate) (Na, Al & REE carbonate) Martinite Thomasclarkite-(Y) (Na, Fe silicate) (Na, Mn, Ca, REE anhydrous phosphate) |
UK# 96(1) UK# 96(2) UK# 97 UK# 98 UK# 99 UK# 100 UK# 100A | Adamsite-(Y) Adamsite-(Y) Adamsite-(Y) (Na carbonate) (Sr, Na, Zr silicate) Petersenite-(Ce) Calcioburbankite |
UK# 101 UK# 102 UK# 103 UK# 104 UK# 105 | (Na, K, Ti silicate) Reederite-(Y) Lukechangite-(Ce) Horváthite-(Y) (Y phosphate) |
UK# 106 UK# 107 UK# 108 UK# 109 UK# 110 | Adamsite-(Y) (Hydrous Na, Ca, Zr, Y phosphate carbonate) (p) (Hydrous Na, Ca, Y phosphate carbonate) IMA 2005-12a Tumchaite |
UK# 111 UK #112 UK #113 | (Na, Ca, Ba, Mn phosphate) Manganokukisvumite (Na, Ca carbonate) (p) |