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Adamsite-(Y) Thomasclarkite-(Y) & Gaidonnayite

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Adamsite-(Y) Thomasclarkite-(Y) & Gaidonnayite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Very nice and rare type locality specimen of adamsite-(Y) crystals associated with type locality thomasclarkite-(Y) and fluorescent type locality gemmy gaidonnayite microcrystals (very rich).  Collected by Gilles Haineault in 1997.

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Adamsite-(Y)

Formula: 
NaY[CO3]2·6H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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

Thomasclarkite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Na,Ce)(Y,REE)(HCO3)(OH)3·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 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

Gaidonnayite

Formula: 
Na2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.DM.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
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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