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English: Wöhlerite, Zircon (FOV 2.4 x 3.0 mm)
Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Original description: Orange wöhlerite with pale tan (partially coated) zircon di-pyramids.
According to Horvath (Min Rec 1990), MSH xls have "poorly defined terminations" and "commonly form aggregates of parallel growth crystals". Both of these charactereistics are apparent here.
The background xl is natrolite/gonnardite. The foreground xl is a fragment of microcline.
Deutsch: Wöhlerit, Zirkon (Sichtfeld: 2,4 x 3,0 mm)
Fundort: Steinbruch Poudrette (Demix, Uni-Mix, Desourdy), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Kanada
Orangefarbiger Wöhlerit mit hellbräunlichen (teilweise überkrusteten) Zirkon-Dipyramiden. [...] Die Kristalle im Hintergrund bestehen aus Natrolith bzw. Gonnardit und diejenigen im Vordergrund sind Bruchstücke von Mikroklin.
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Source http://www.mindat.org/photo-192196.html
Author Modris Baum

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