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RPN-DAJAlbite (Var: Cleavelandite) Na(AlSi3O8)
Here is a fragment of white Cleavelandite from the Beryl Pit, Quadeville. The sample is 6.8 cm long, 3.1 cm wide, and 1.2 cm thick. From M. Adamowicz collection.
VT4-8DXEuxenite-(Y) (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
A 14mm euxenite-Y crystal embedded in feldspar matrix.
T84-AR7Euxenite-(Y) (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Dimensions: 75 mm x 40 mm x 100 mm
Greenish exterior with dark brown to silver metallic interior, Euxenite crystals from Quadeville, Ontario upto 20 mm on brown feldspar which has been altered due to the radiation from the Euxenite crystals.
Specimen is 75 x 40 x 100 mm.
WCE-37XEuxenite-(Y) (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Dimensions: 60 mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
Euxenite (?) in Feldspar, Beryl Pit, Quadeville,Ontario, Canada, 60 x 50 x 30 mm specimen collected in 1996. in my collection. Radioactive.
5YN-TJMAlbite (Var: Cleavelandite) Na(AlSi3O8)
Cleavelandite crystal associated with Schorl Tourmaline. Found at the Quadeville Beryl pits near Quadeville, Ontario. Crustal measures about 1.5mm.
95H-YVNVigezzite (Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Spray of Vigezzite xls about 0.5 mm across. Collected by and in the collection of Mike Skebo. Bill Lechner photo.
VGA-CALAllanite-(Ce) (CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
A particularly fine thumbnail composed of three doubly-terminated crystals of allanite-(Ce). The central crystal is 16 mm long. Collected in 1997.
Very fragile, hence seldom extracted in this quality, found locked in richly-mineralized dark red granite.
RVM-MW8Euxenite-(Y) (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Two well formed gray Euxenite-Y from the Beryl Pit. Largest Euxenite is 1.2 cm across. From M. Adamowicz collection.
L94-YEWAlbite (Var: Cleavelandite) Na(AlSi3O8) , Quartz SiO2 , Schorl NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Dimensions: 12 cm x 7 cm x 5 cm
This specimen is 12cm x 7cm x 5cm and has several thin schorl xls and cleavelandite "ribbons"
5U7-X74Euxenite-(Y) (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Euxenite crystal on matrix, 3 cm. On display at the Bancroft Mineral Museum, September, 2013.
