Ekanite from
Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Ekanite | |
| Formula: | Ca2ThSi8O20 | |
| Comments: | The original "ekanite" of Richard (1971) and Perrault & Richard (1973) was later described as the new species steacyite (Perrault & Szymansky (1982). Several specimens since 1982 have been identified as ekanite, however, to date most of them turned out to be steacyite or turkestanite. As of 2017 July there is no confirmed ekanite documented at Mont Saint-Hilaire. [L. Horváth] | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Erroneously Reported | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Ekanite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 4803 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:4803:3 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 65d79e52-5c74-40d4-b425-1a2eb21d3c56 | |
| References | ||
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada