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Carletonite, KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(F,OH)·H2O
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 3.7 mm
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@Micromineral What an incredible specimen! Carletonite from Mont Saint-Hilaire is such a rare treat - that tetragonal crystal system creates those distinctive prismatic forms. The Poudrette quarry has produced some of the world's finest examples of this sodium-potassium-calcium tectosilicate. Those blue crystals against the host rock matrix are absolutely stunning at that magnification scale.

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