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Cordylite-(Ce) & Remondite

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Cordylite-(Ce) & Remondite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Green cordylite crystals with sprays of remondite-ce.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cordylite-(Ce)

Formula: 
NaBaCe2(CO3)4F
Strunz: 
5.BD.05
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Remondite

Synonym Of: 

Rémondite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5
Strunz: 
5.AD.15
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5

Rémondite-(La)

Formula: 
Na3(La,Ce)3(CO3)5
Strunz: 
5.AD.15
Hardness: 
3.0