Monteregianite-(Y)

monteregianite

pectolite

aegirine

arfvedsonite

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Formula: KNa2YSi8O19.5H2O
Phyllosilicate (sheet silicate), forms a series with wickenburgite
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 2.42 measured, 2.391 calculated
Hardness: 3½
Streak: White
Colour: Colourless, white, grey, rarely mauve or pale green
Luminescence: Bright green fluorescence in short-wave UV (Dana)
Environments

Plutonic igneous environments
Metamorphic environments

Monteregianite is a rare mineral that to date (December 2021) has been found only at the type locality

Localities

At the type locality, the Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada, monteregianite occurs as acicular crystals in radiating clusters and as groups of tabular crystals. The crystals are found in miarolitic cavities and thermally metamorphosed inclusions and breccias in nepheline syenite, in an intrusive alkalic gabbro-syenite complex. The monteregianite is usually associated with calcite, pectolite, microcline, albite, aegirine, arfvedsonite and minor amounts of phlogopite, fluorite, quartz, ekanite, sepiolite, ashcroftine, lorenzenite, narsarsukite, natrolite, harmotome, apophyllite, molybdenite and pyrite (CM 16.561-565).

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