| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Hilairite |
| Formula: | Na2Zr[SiO3]3 · 3H2O |
| Habit: | short prismatic |
| Colour: | light to dark brown |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Significance: | Unusual or interesting association, relationships with other species, pseudomorphism etc. - see notes. |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | ⓘ16 photos of Hilairite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Microcline | ⓘ12 photos of Hilairite associated with Microcline at this locality. |
| Gaidonnayite | ⓘ9 photos of Hilairite associated with Gaidonnayite at this locality. |
| Analcime | ⓘ8 photos of Hilairite associated with Analcime at this locality. |
| Pyrite | ⓘ7 photos of Hilairite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Chamosite | ⓘ5 photos of Hilairite associated with Chamosite at this locality. |
| Zircon | ⓘ4 photos of Hilairite associated with Zircon at this locality. |
| Albite | ⓘ2 photos of Hilairite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Elpidite | ⓘ1 photo of Hilairite associated with Elpidite at this locality. |
| Pectolite | ⓘ1 photo of Hilairite associated with Pectolite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Hilairite 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 |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (57 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 6244 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:6244:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d3e8ba2a-fe6b-4b9a-8c47-9b2f3d44e0fd |
| Nearest other occurrences of Hilairite |
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| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘDemix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| References |
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Lykova, I., Rowe, R., Poirier, G., Friis, H., Helwig, K. (2024) Mckelveyite group minerals – Part 3: Bainbridgeite-(YCe), Na₂Ba₂YCe(CO₃)₆\,\cdot\,3H₂O, a new species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada. European Journal of Mineralogy, 36 (1) 183-194 doi:10.5194/ejm-36-183-2024 |
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada