Horváthite-(Y), Siderite

Specimen ID: FWQ-U0H

Mineral(s)
Horváthite-(Y) : NaY(CO3)F2
Siderite : FeCO3
Locality
As recorded:
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Mindat locality:
Events

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Xls to 0.8-9 mm. Via Jean-Pierre Beckerich MOB coll. Relatively simple (but still srtriated and twinned) xls from the Poudrette pegmatite. Associated with disgustingly drab olive siderite rhombs and albite. There is a stereo child photo.
Modris Baum - 10th December 2011

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Xls to 0.8-9 mm. This is a stereo child photo.
Modris Baum - 10th December 2011

Photo added to mindat.org

Xl ~ ½ mm tip to tip. This is a child photo. This is about as close as you will get to a single (untwinned) xl - but it's still twinned as indicated by the striations. The photo is made using a single shot - no stacking - as a trial. Stacking didn't help much but I decided this was mildly useful as is. (From a different specimen from the same find.)
Modris Baum - 22nd December 2011
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