General Information:
Chemical Formula:Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5
Environment:In a vent associated with ancylite-Ce and a vug inside a marble zenolith associated the carbonatite assemblage at Mont Saint-Hilaire.
IMA Status:Approved IMA
Locality:Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada.
Name Origin:For its relationship as the calcium-dominant analog of burbankite.
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[100] Imperfect
Color:deep orange, silky white, or pink. light.
Density:3.45
Diaphaniety:Translucent
Habits:Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline)., Crystalline - Coarse - Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals.,
Hardness:3-4 - Calcite-Fluorite
Luminescence:Non-fluorescent.
Luster:Vitreous (Glassy)
Streak:white
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