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Deutsch: Rait (Bildgröße: 3,8 x 2,6 mm)
Fundort: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Kanada
English: Raite (picture width: 3.8 x 2.6 mm)
Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
This is just one vug in a very rich find extensively studied at the Canadian Museum of Nature and ROM. The color of the raite ranges from very pale pinkish to this darker shade more typical of yofortierite. The fibers range from straight (as in this example) to rather curly. There is a considerable amount of zinc which suggested the presence of another mineral. However the final conclusion was that it is all raite. Some of this raite is associated with very unusual prismatic gmelinite-Na
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Author Modris Baum

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