Behoite from
Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Locality type: | Quarry | |
Classification | ||
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Species: | Behoite | |
Formula: | Be(OH)2 | |
Comments: | Probably the best specimens to date (2021) for the species. Fortunately for collectors it is an easy mineral to identify owing to its morphology and twinning. | |
Habit: | radiating spherical aggregates of spear-shaped prisms. Reticulated aggregates with with very characteristic twinning. | |
Colour: | colourless to white | |
Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) | |
Abundance at site: | Rare | |
Confirmation | ||
Validity: | Believed Valid | |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
Serandite | ⓘ21 photos of Behoite associated with Serandite at this locality. | |
Natrolite | ⓘ19 photos of Behoite associated with Natrolite at this locality. | |
Aegirine | ⓘ15 photos of Behoite associated with Aegirine at this locality. | |
Gonnardite | ⓘ13 photos of Behoite associated with Gonnardite at this locality. | |
Analcime | ⓘ12 photos of Behoite associated with Analcime at this locality. | |
Rhodochrosite | ⓘ5 photos of Behoite associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality. | |
Albite | ⓘ3 photos of Behoite associated with Albite at this locality. | |
Kupletskite | ⓘ3 photos of Behoite associated with Kupletskite at this locality. | |
Elpidite | ⓘ2 photos of Behoite associated with Elpidite at this locality. | |
Microcline | ⓘ1 photo of Behoite associated with Microcline at this locality. | |
Data | ||
Mineral Data: | Click here to view Behoite data | |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (70 photos) | |
Data Identifiers | ||
Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1816 | |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1816:6 | |
GUID (UUID V4): | db5df96a-df24-4f86-97ec-f8a99b1ad784 | |
References | ||
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada