Mineral: Carletonite
Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Dimensions: 4.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 2.4 cm
Description: Mass: 58 g
MIM number:1783
Group of crystals with an intense dark blue color, accompanied by a clear yellow granular mineral that is probably calcite and reinforces the contrast with the blue.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
Publication: "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2"
Ex collection Gilles Haineault (Canada)
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