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Nesquehonite from
Prony Bay, Le Mont-Dore, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France


Locality type:Bay
Classification
Species:Nesquehonite
Formula:MgCO3 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nesquehonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prony Bay, Le Mont-Dore, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1315032
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1315032:3
GUID (UUID V4):a6db66f8-fa11-413e-b25a-e718784f97ec
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Journal Pre-proof phases in Mg-type waters. Nesquehonite forms in these waters via evaporation and transforms...serpentinization, alkaline springs, carbonates, mixing, nesquehonite 1 Introduction Serpentinization-driven processes...serpentinization-affected meteoric water in Prony Bay (New Caledonia) discharges in a lagoon area, where it...hydrated magnesium carbonates (5 – 70 wt.% al nesquehonite, 0 – 25 wt.% dypingite, 0 – 12 wt. % hydromagnesite...subhedral crystal clusters (< 40 μm; Fig 7B). Nesquehonite exhibits variably sized, prismatic crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
84 Blank et al., 2009; Morrill et al., 2013), Bay of Islands (Canada) (Cardace et al., 2009), 85 ...such as 91 those in the Bay of Prony hydrothermal field in the New Caledonia ophiolite (Monnin et 92...similarly low temperatures (Fig. 5); 326 the New Caledonia and Cyprus alkaline springs display temperatures...The 378 hydrated magnesium carbonate phases nesquehonite [MgCO3·3H2O] and artinite 379 [Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O]...in artinite— and BP5 sites —supersaturated in nesquehonite and 382 artinite— (Fig. 9e & f). Brucite [Mg(OH)2]
 
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