Ancylite

Ancylite (pink) and aegirine
Origin: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Colourless to pale brownish crystals of ancylite-(Ce)
Origin: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mt Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada
Picture size: 4 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Origin: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 1 x 1.5 x 1 cm, pinkish sheaf-like crystals to 5 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: Dark Star Claim, Ravalli Co., Montana, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2 x 2.5 cm
 
Beige-brown crystals of ancylite-(La)  in matrix
Light brown massive ancylite-(Ce) on aegirine, with catapleite
Pale brown aggregates of ancylite-(La) crystals with some aegirine on matrix
Origin: Mt. Aikuaivenchorr, Chibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Sample size:  1.7 x 2.3 cm (top), 2 x  3.5 cm (2nd row), 2 x  3.5 cm (bottom)
 
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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