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Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

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Formerly: Kipawa alkaline complex, near Lac Sheffield, Villedieu Township, Témiscamingue County, Québec, Canada

This a metamorphosed alkaline intrusive and also the type locality of agrellite, gittinsite and hiortdahlite II.

References:

- Aarden, H. M., 1969. Hiortdahlite from Kipawa River,Quebec: its Chemistry and Mineralogy. Ph. D. thesis, Univ. Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

- Aarden, H. M., & Gittins, J., 1974. Hiortdahlite from Kipawa river, Villedieu township, Temiscaming County, Québec, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist, 12: 241-247.





 Map Reference: 46°48'N , 78°29'W

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Group 1 - Elements
  		• Graphite1.CB.05a
    C
    Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
  		• Galena2.CD.10
    PbS
    Group 3 - Halides
  		• Fluorite3.AB.25
    CaF
     
    2
    Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
  		• Opal4.DA.10
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
  		• Calcite5.AB.05
    CaCO
     
    3
    Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  		• Apatite-(CaF)8.BN.05
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Group 9 - Silicates
  		• Aegirine9.DA.25
    NaFe
    3+
     
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
  		• Agrellite (TL)9.DH.75
    NaCa
     
    2
    		[F|Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		]
  		• Albite9.FA.35
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Biotite9..
  		• Britholite-(Ce)9.AH.25
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Ce,Ca)
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)|(SiO
     
    4
    		,PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
  		• Chondrodite9.AF.45
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
  		• Clinohumite9.AF.55
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    9
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		]
  		• Diopside9.DA.15
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
  		• Ekanite9.EA.10
    (Ca,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Pb)
     
    2
    		(Th,U)[Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		]
  		• Eudialyte9.CO.10
    Na
     
    15
    		Ca
     
    6
    		(Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)
     
    3
    		Zr
     
    3
    		[Si
     
    25
    		O
     
    73
    		](O,OH,H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    3
    		(OH,Cl)
     
    2
  		• Gaidonnayite9.DM.15
    Na
     
    2
    		Zr[Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    9
    		]·2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Gittinsite (TL)9.BC.05
    CaZr[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
  		• 'Hiortdahlite'9.BE.17
    (Ca,Na)
     
    3
    		(Zr,Ti)Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		(O,OH,F)
     
    2
  		• Magnesiokatophorite9.DE.20
    Na[CaNa][Mg
     
    4
    		(Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		)][(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]
  		• Meionite9.FB.15
    Ca
     
    4
    		[CO
     
    3
    		|(Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		)
     
    3
    		]
  		• Microcline9.FA.30
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Miserite9.DG.85
    K(Ca,Ce)
     
    4
    		Si
     
    5
    		O
     
    13
    		(OH)
     
    3
  		• Mosandrite9.BE.20
    Na
     
    2
    		Ca
     
    4
    		(Ce,La,Nd)Ti(Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		)
     
    2
    		OF
     
    3
  		• Muscovite9.EC.15
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
  		• Nepheline9.FA.05
    (Na,K)[AlSiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Norbergite9.AF.40
    Mg
     
    3
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|SiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Pectolite9.DG.05
    NaCa
     
    2
    		[HSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    9
    		]
  		• Phlogopite9.EC.20
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
  		• Thorite9.AD.30
    (Th,U)[SiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Vlasovite9.DM.25
    Na
     
    2
    		ZrSi
     
    4
    		O
     
    11
  		• Zircon9.AD.30
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Unclassified Minerals
  		• 'Feldspar Group'-
  		• Hiortdahlite II-
    (Na,Ca)
     
    4
    		Ca
     
    8
    		Zr
     
    2
    		(Y,Zr,REE,Na)
     
    2
    		(Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		)
     
    4
    		(O
     
    3
    		F
     
    5
    		)
  		• 'Magnesioferrikatophorite'-
    [Na][CaNa][Mg
     
    4
    		(Fe
    3+
     
    		,Al)][(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]


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