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Carletonite (Type Locality)
- Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
- Thumbnail, 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
- Start Time: 05/29/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 06/05/2014 6:35:40 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This is one of the great classics of the locality. Mount Saint-Hilaire is one of the world's most significant localities, and produces many "best in the world" specimens of a lot of minerals, including killer carletonites (unique to here). This glassy, translucent piece is an attractive bi-color tetragonal crystal mostly a rich blue with a creamy/colorless "rind" on one side.