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| Keywords: Phillipsite-K-170869.jpg Phillipsite-K FOV 2 5 x 3 2 mm Locality Poudrette quarry Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire Mont Saint-Hilaire Rouville RCM Montérégie Québec Canada Found May 1997 MOB coll These phillipsite balls seem to be an indicator for faujasite-Na in the Poudrette pegmatite contact zone The phillipsite ID was made optically by WH However according to Horvath Lapis July/Aug 2000 only phillipsite-K is found in this environment The faujasite-Na from Kaiserstuhl is associated with very similar phillipsite balls These phillipsite balls can look very similar to gobbonsite found in the same environment - see for excample http //www mindat org/photo-163600 html But higher magnification reveals squarish cross sections and pyramidal terminations See also the referenced gobbinsite photo Phillipsit-K Sichtfeld 2 5 x 3 2 mm Fundort Steinbruch Poudrette Demix Uni-Mix Desourdy Mont Saint-Hilaire Rouville RCM Montérégie Québec Kanada http //www mindat org/photo-170869 html 2008-06-20 http //www mindat org/user-11235 html 0 Modris Baum Modris Baum Phillipsite-K Files by Modris Baum from mindat Poudrette Quarry | ||||
