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Leifite and Calcite with Aegirine from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

 
Leifite and Calcite with Aegirine from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Leifite and Calcite with Aegirine from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Leifite and Calcite with Aegirine from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Leifite and Calcite with Aegirine from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

DESCRIPTION:No. 45750
Mineral:Leifite and Calcite with Aegirine
Locality:Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Description:Acicular olive-green leifite crystals to 2 mm with colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 2 mm and a slender black aegirine crystal 12 mm long. The leifite looks beautiful under magnification. Collected in 1989
Overall Size:25x20x20 mm
Crystals:0.1-12.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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