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Makatite : Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4H2O

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Self collected by Modris Baum Sept 2000. FOV 2.2 x 1.6 cm. This is from a hydrothermalite with abundant varennesite. Other associated minerals included zakharovite, eudialyte group, yofortierite, sphalerite and natrolite. Some natrolite terminations can be seen poking up in the center of the makatite. Some of the makatite appears as sea-green ...
Photo ID: 164563    View Count: 169

Multiple photos availableMakatite : Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4H2O, Zakharovite : Na4Mn5Si10O24(OH)6·6H2O, Natrolite : Na2[Al2Si3O10] · 2H2O

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Size ~ 1.7 x 3 cm. Found Sept 2000.
The faintly greenish radiating makatite was associated vith (relatively!) abundant varennesite. But on this specimen the orange/brown areas are zakharovite, not varennesite. The dark areas in the makatite are terminations of stubby natrolite xls. In other specimens from this find a few dark "sea green" blades ...
Photo ID: 255464    View Count: 14

Makatite : Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4H2O, Eudialyte : Na15Ca6(Fe2+,Mn2+)3Zr3[Si25O73](O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2

Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Spray of white Makatite fibres, about 4 mm tall. Bill Lechner specimen and photo.
 © Bill LechnerPhoto ID: 43955    View Count: 367

Makatite : Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4H2O, Eudialyte : Na15Ca6(Fe2+,Mn2+)3Zr3[Si25O73](O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2

Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Makatite is the white fiberous mineral. Photographed by and in the collection of Doug Merson.
 © 2005 DMPhoto ID: 31980    View Count: 325

Makatite : Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4H2O

Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia

Makatite in a quite different habit; field of view 4 mm; photo & collection Joachim Esche
 © jo-esche 2008Photo ID: 179247    View Count: 202

Makatite : Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4H2O

Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia

field of view 12 mm; photo & collection Joachim Esche
 © jo-esche 2007Photo ID: 105151    View Count: 234

Makatite : Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4H2O

Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia

"Cotton ball" of fine white Makatite fibres about 7 mm across. In the collection of and photo by Bill Lechner.
 © Bill LechnerPhoto ID: 43844    View Count: 411

Makatite : Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4H2O, Villiaumite : NaF

Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia

Picture width 3mm. Photographer and collection O. Dziallas
 © O. DziallasPhoto ID: 34203    View Count: 630

Makatite : Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4H2O

Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia

Picture width is 6mm. White fibrous needles of Makatite.
 © Elmar LacknerPhoto ID: 75633    View Count: 215

Makatite : Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4H2O

Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia

Field of view: 10 mm. Collection and photo Giovanni Fraccaro.
 © G. FraccaroPhoto ID: 131744    View Count: 177
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