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Arfvedsonite & Pyrochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Very nice and intricate specimen of lustrous arfvedsonite crystals associated with pyrochlore.  Collected by Gilles Haineault in 2002.  Ex-Gilles Haineault collection specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arfvedsonite

Formula: 
[Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Pyrochlore

Synonym Of: 

Pyrochlore Group

Formula: 

A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z

Strunz: 
4
Hardness: 
5 - 5.5

Pyrochlore Supergroup

Group Parent: 
Pyrochlore Group

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