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Natromontebrasite

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Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Colour:White, yellowish, pink, ...Lustre:Vitreous
Hardness:5½ - 6
A Mixture Of:Amblygonite, Lacroixite, Wardite


Originally reported from Eight Mile Park, Eight Mile Park pegmatite District, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA.

Classification of Natromontebrasite

IMA status:Discredited 2007
Explanation of status:Species and name natromontebrasite are discredited because natromontebrasite is a mixture of OH-rich amblygonite with lacroixite and subordinate wardite (IMA No. 05-E ).
Dana 8th edition ID:41.5.8.3

41 : ANHYDROUS PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
5 : (AB)2(XO4)Zq
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Physical Properties of Natromontebrasite

Lustre:Vitreous
Colour:White, yellowish, pink, greenish, etc.
Hardness (Mohs):5½ - 6

Other Names for Natromontebrasite

Synonyms:
FremontiteNatramblygonite
Other Languages:
German:Natromontebrasit
Natronamblygonit
Spanish:Natromontebrasita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Natromontebrasite

Reference List:Schaller (1911) American Journal of Science: 31: 48 (as Natramblygonite).

Gonnard (1913) Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie: 36: 120.

Schaller (1914) Journal of the Washington Academy of Science: 4: 354 (as Fremontite).

Schaller (1916) U.S. geological Survey Bull. 610: 141 (as Fremontite).

Mineralogical Magazine (1916): 17: 350 (as Fremontite).

American Mineralogist (1951): 36: 823-827.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 823.

Fransolet, A.-M., Fontan, F., de Parseval, Ph. (2007): Natromontebrasite, a discredited mineral species. Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 391-396.

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    Localities for Natromontebrasite

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    Rwanda
     
    • Western Province
      • Gatumba District
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1963 33 : 613-615
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • Mount's Bay District
          • Breage
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    USA
     
    • Colorado
      • Fremont Co.
        • Eight Mile Park pegmatite District
    		Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 826; "Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 15, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997
    Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
    "Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 15, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997
    • Connecticut
      • Middlesex Co.
        • Portland
          • Collins Hill
    		Januzzi, R.E. and Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities Of Connecticut and Southern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World.
    • Maine
      • Oxford Co.
        • Paris
    		King, V. and Foord,E., 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V. 1.
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