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Leifite
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
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Classification of Leifite Group

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Relationship of Leifite Group to other Species

Group Members:
Eirikite
KNa
 
6
Be
 
2
(Si
 
15
Al
 
3
)O
 
39
F
 
2
Leifite
(Na,H
 
2
O)Na
 
6
[F
 
2
|Be
 
2
Al
 
2
(Al,Si)Si
 
15
O
 
39
]
Telyushenkoite
(Cs,Na,K)Na
 
6
[F
 
2
|Be
 
2
Al
 
3
Si
 
15
O
 
39
]

Other Information

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    Canada
     
    • Québec
      • Montérégie
        • Rouville RCM
    		[Eirikite] Can. Museum of Nature & Horváth collections; Raade 2008
    [Leifite] Horváth, L and Gault, R.A. (1990), The mineralogy of Mont Saint-Hilaire Quebec. Mineralogical Record: 21: 284-359., AmMin 57:1006(1971)
    • Québec & Newfoundland and Labrador
    		[Leifite]
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Narsaq
        • Igaliku (Igaliko)
          • Narssârssuk (Narsarsuk)
    		[Leifite] Meddr Gronland,(1915) 51, p. 429
    [Leifite] Petersen et al. (1994)
    Norway
     
    • Vestfold
      • Larvik
        • Langesundsfjorden
          • Vesle Arøya
    		[Leifite] Engvoldsen, T., Andersen, F., Berge, S. A. & Burvald, I. (1991): Pegmatittmineraler fra Larvik ringkompleks. STEIN 18 (1), 15-71
    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Khibiny Massif
    		[Leifite] [World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]
              • Astrophyllite Stream
    		[Leifite] Pekov et al (2005) New Data on Minerals Vol 40 pp11-16
    [Leifite] Pekov, I.V. & Podlesnyi, A.S. (2004): Kukisvumchorr Deposit: Mineralogy of Alkaline Pegmatites and Hydrotermalites. Mineralogical Almanac, vol. 7, 140 pages + xxiv photo's pages
          • Lovozero Massif
            • Alluaiv Mt
              • Umbozero mine (Umba mine)
    		[Eirikite] Pavel M. Kartashov data
    [Leifite]
    [Leifite] [World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]
    [Leifite] P.M. Kartashov data; New Data on Minerals M., 2004 Vol 39 pp 5-13
    [Leifite] [World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]
    Tajikistan
     
    • Region of Republican Subordination
      • Tien Shan Mts
        • Alai (Alayskiy) Range
    		[Telyushenkoite] Lapis 29(1), 47 (2004); Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 132(6): 15-21 (in Russian).
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