Fluorite, Analcime

Specimen ID: J16-XKP

Mineral(s)
Fluorite : CaF2
Analcime : Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O
Locality
As recorded:
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Mindat locality:
Events

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A spectacular view of hundreds of penetration twins of fluorite from MSH. These fluorites are quite yttrium-rich (see child photo), which is interesting because I can't find any mention of other fluorite samples from MSH containing detectable yttrium by XEDS. These crystals are also just a few hundred micrometers from the phillipsite-K crystals identified on this specimen. Analcime in the lower portion of the image. J. Caleb Chappell image, Chris Emproto specimen, Ex. Jason Smith. Keywords: yttrium-rich fluorite, twins, twinning, twinned crystals, penetration twins.
J. Caleb Chappell - 10th May 2019

Photo added to mindat.org

A spectacular view of hundreds of penetration twins of fluorite from MSH. These fluorites are quite yttrium-rich (see child photo), which is interesting because I can't find any mention of other fluorite samples from MSH containing detectable yttrium by XEDS. These crystals are also just a few hundred micrometers from the phillipsite-K crystals identified on this specimen. Analcime in the lower portion of the image. J. Caleb Chappell image, Chris Emproto specimen, Ex. Jason Smith. Keywords: yttrium-rich fluorite, twins, twinning, twinned crystals, penetration twins.
J. Caleb Chappell - 10th May 2019
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