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Donnayite Group

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Weloganite

Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Donnayite-(Y)

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Weloganite

Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Weloganite

Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Weloganite

Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Donnayite-(Y)

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Weloganite

Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Weloganite

Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Weloganite

Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Donnayite-(Y)

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
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About Donnayite GroupHide

See also the insufficiently described "Mckelveyite-(Nd)".


Relationship of Donnayite Group to other SpeciesHide

Group Members:
Donnayite-(Y) NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6 · 3H2OTric. 1 : P1
Ewaldite Ba(Na,Ca,Y,Ce,K)(CO3)2 · 2.6H2OHex. 6mm
Mckelveyite-(Y) NaCaBa3Y(CO3)6 · 3H2OTric. 1 : P1
UM1992-05-CO:CaCeLaNaSr (Sr,Na,Y,REE,Ca,Ba)2(CO3)2 · H2OTrig. 3m : R3m
Weloganite Na2Sr3Zr(CO3)6 · 3H2OTric. 1 : P1

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

Internet Links for Donnayite GroupHide

Localities for Donnayite GroupHide

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Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia
 
  • South Australia
    • Olary Province
      • Yunta
[Donnayite-(Y)] [C. Kovac, pers com]
Austria
 
  • Lower Austria
    • Industrieviertel
      • Gloggnitz
[Donnayite-(Y)] Kolitsch, U. & Slama, M. (2016): Zur Mineralogie des niederösterreichischen Anteils des Semmering-Basistunnels: ein erster Bericht. Der Steirische Mineralog 31, 20-27 (in German).
Bolivia
 
  • Cochabamba Department
    • Ayopaya Province
[Donnayite-(Y)] A.R. Kampf
Canada
 
  • Manitoba
[Weloganite] Kyla M. Arden and Norman M. Halden (1999) Crystallization and alteration history of britholite in rare-earth-element-enriched pegmatitic segregations associated with the Eden Lake Complex, Manitoba, Canada Can Mineral, 37:1239-1253
  • Québec
    • Montérégie
      • La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
        • Mont Saint-Hilaire
[Donnayite-(Y)] Chao, G.Y., Mainwaring, P.R., Baker, J. (1978), Donnayite, NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6 73H2O, a new mineral from Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. Canadian Mineralogist: 16: 335-340.
      • Lajemmerais RCM
        • Varennes & St-Amable
[Donnayite-(Y)] HORVÁTH, L., PFENNINGER HORVÁTH, E., GAULT, R.A., and TARASSOFF, P. (1998) Mineralogy of the Saint Amable sill, Varennes and Saint Amable, Québec, Canada. Mineralogical Record, 29, 83 118.
[Donnayite-(Y)] Horváth, L., Pfenninger-Horváth, E., Gault, R. A., & Tarassoff, P. (1998): Mineralogy of the Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes and Saint-Amable, Québec. Mineralogical Record, 29: 83-118.
    • Montréal
[Weloganite] SABINA, A.P., JAMBOR, J.L., and PLANT, A.G. (1968) Weloganite, a new strontium zirconium carbonate from Montreal Island, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 468 477. TARASSOFF, P., HORVÁTH, L. and PFENNINGER-HORVÁTH, E. (2006) Famous mineral localities: the Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec. Mineralogical Record, 37, 5-60.
      • Montréal-Est
[Weloganite] TARASSOFF, P., HORVÁTH, L. and PFENNINGER-HORVÁTH, E. (2006) Famous mineral localities: the Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec. Mineralogical Record, 37, 5-60. Canadian Museum of Nature collection specimens.
    • Nord-du-Québec
[Ewaldite] Nadeau, O., Stevenson, R. and Jébrak, M. (2014) The geology, petrology and geochemistry of the Montviel alkaline-carbonatite hosted lanthanide-Nb ore deposit, Abitibi, Canada. Abstract with Program, GAC/MAC Annual meeting 2014. 1p.
Denmark
 
  • Greenland
    • Kujalleq
      • Narsaq
        • Igaliku (Igaliko)
          • Narsaarsuk Plateau
[Donnayite-(Y)] Petersen et al. (2003): N. Jb. Miner. Mh. 12: 543-555
Italy
 
  • Lombardy
    • Sondrio Province
      • Valtellina
[Mckelveyite-(Y)] Demartin F., Gramaccioli C.M., Campostrini I., Diella V. (2008): Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 195-203.
          • Lanterna Valley
            • Lanzada
              • Mt. Motta
[Mckelveyite-(Y)] Demartin, F., Gramaccioli, C.M., Campostrini, I., Diella, V. (2008): The crystal structure of mckelveyite-(Y)-2M, a new monoclinic polytype from Val Malenco, Italian Alps. Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 195-203.
Russia
 
  • Northern Region
    • Murmanskaya Oblast'
[UM1992-05-CO:CaCeLaNaSr] Ching Tji Le Tjy, Pobedimskaya, E.A., Nadezhina, T.N., Khomyakov, A.P. (1992): Polymorphism of donnayite (Na,REE)Sr(CO3)2.H2O. Moscow University Geol. Bull.: 47(5): 60-70; in: Jambor, J.L., Puziewicz, J., Roberts, A.C., (1995): New mineral Names. American Mineralogist: 80(11-12): 1332
[Mckelveyite-(Y)] PEKOV, I.V. & NIKOLAEV, A.P. (2013) Minerals of the pegmatites and hydrothermal assemblages of the Koashva deposit (Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia). Mineralogical Almanac 189(2), 7-65.
        • Kukisvumchorr Mt
[Donnayite-(Y)] [World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
[Donnayite-(Y)] Pekov, I. et al (2003): New Data on Minerals: 38: 20-33.
[Donnayite-(Y)] American Mineralogist, Volume 92, pages 1525-1530, 2007
[Donnayite-(Y)] Zaitsev, A.N., Wall, F., Le Bas, M.J. (1998): REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution. Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 225-250; Yakovenchuk, V.N., Ivanyuk, G.Yu., Pakhomovsky, Ya.A., Men'shikov, Yu.P. (2005): Khibiny. Laplandia Minerals Ltd. (in association with the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland), Apatity, 468 pp.
[Donnayite-(Y)] - Khomyakov, A. P. (1995): Mineralogy of hyperagpaitic alkaline rocks. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 223 pp.
      • Northern Karelia
[Donnayite-(Y)] www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/vuori.htm; New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64
[Mckelveyite-(Y)] Sorokhtina, N.V., Chukanov, N.V., Voloshin, A.V., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Bogdanova, A.N., and Moiseev, M.M. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(7), 620-628.
  • Urals Region
    • Southern Urals
      • Chelyabinsk Oblast'
[Donnayite-(Y)] New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64
South Africa
 
  • North West Province
    • Bojanala Platinum District
      • Western Bushveld Complex
[Weloganite] R. Liferovich -L. Horváth p.c. 2004
    • Ngaka Modiri Molema District
[Donnayite-(Y)] VERWOERD, W.J. (1993) Update on carbonatites of South Africa and Namibia. South African Journal of Geology, 96(3), 75-95.
UK
 
  • Wales
    • Powys
      • Old Radnor
        • Wethel
[Ewaldite] National Museum of Wales Database.; Wight, Q. (2006) Micromounting. Mineralogical Record 37 (4), p.320.; Hubbard, N., Green, D.I., and Tindle, A.G. (2008) Barium Zeolites and Calcioancylite-(Ce) From Guisachan Quarry, Tomich, Highland, Scotland. Journal of the Russell Society, vol. 11, 73-79. Cotterell, T.F. et al. (2011) The mineralogy of Dolyhir quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, vol. 32, 5-61.
USA
 
  • Wyoming
    • Sweetwater Co.
      • Green River Formation
[Ewaldite] American Mineralogist: 56: 2156.
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