Hochelagaite

  
Origin: Vuorivarvi, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Sample size: 2 x 2 x 1 cm
 
  
Origin: Vuorivarvi, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 2 cm, section of drill core with 2 mm, white radial, silky sprays on fracture
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

White aggregate of small fibrous crystals of hochelagaite
Origin: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mt Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada
Picture size: 4.5 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

Crusts of spherical aggregates of creamy to white silky hochelagaite
Origin: Vuorijarvi, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Sample size: thumbnail
 
  
Aggregates and tufts of small white fibrous hochelagaite crystals on matrix
Origin: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 1.5 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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