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Schizolite Albite Polylithionite Leucophanite & Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 9.5 × 8 cm
Description

Classic specimen of schizolite crystals associated with rhodochrosite, and fluorescent albite, polylithionite and leucophanite.  Collected by Gilles Haineault in 2003.  Ex-Gilles Haineault collection specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schizolite

Formula: 
NaCaMnSi3O8(OH)
Crystal System: 
Triclinic

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Polylithionite

Formula: 
KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Leucophanite

Formula: 
NaCaBeSi2O6F
Strunz: 
9.DH.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania

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