Stellerite from
Mine Lac d'Amiante (Lake Asbestos Mine; "LAB Mine"; "Black Lake Mine"), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Stellerite | |
| Formula: | Ca4(Si28Al8)O72 · 28H2O | |
| Comments: | Stellerite was never properly identified but the so-called "stellerite" was sold as such based on guesswork and reported by Amabili et al. (2009). Specimens of this mineral in the Can. Museum of Nature & Horvath collections were XRD & EDS identified and they are thomsonite-(Ca). | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Erroneously Reported | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Stellerite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mine Lac d'Amiante (Lake Asbestos Mine; "LAB Mine"; "Black Lake Mine"), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 849993 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:849993:6 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | bc0b0e26-99e3-4cf9-bcb2-34979bb63baa | |
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