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Lintisite & Hydroterskite

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Lintisite & Hydroterskite

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Description
Locality: 
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.7 × 1 cm
Description

Brownish grey hydroterskite crystal , and some fragments on matrix, with nice small lintisite spray of  white acicular crystals.

Two very rare mineral of very good quality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lintisite

Formula: 
LiNa3Ti2(Si2O6)2O2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.DB.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Hydroterskite

Formula: 
Na2ZrSi6O12(OH)6
Colour: 
Pale gray
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada Or Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada...

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