Synchysite-(Ce)

Canada North and Central Americas

7411 JL1902 Synchysite-(Ce), Pyrite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Yellowish pseudohexagonal plates of synchysite-(Ce) with tiny pyrite crystals sprinkled on them. White albite crystals at the base. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1993 from Cynthia Peat (peatite-(Y)). Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version…

  • April 13, 2021
Canada North and Central Americas

30026 Peatite-(Y)/Ramikite-(Y), Calcite after unknown, Synchysite-(Ce) after Remondite-(Ce), Siderite, Albite, Anatase, Analcime, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada

Type Locality for Peatite and Ramikite. A number of sharp peatite-ramikite crystals are present on this specimen. The matrix id composed of some blocky pseudomorphs of calcite after ?, synchysite after rémondite along with lots of well-formed siderite, albite and anatase crystals. Peatite named after Cynthia Peat who traded with...

  • October 5, 2019

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