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Armstrongite from
Strange Lake Alkalic Complex (Strange Lake Complex; Lac Brisson Complex), Canada


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Armstrongite
Formula:CaZr[Si6O15] · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gittinsite2
Thorite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Armstrongite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Strange Lake Alkalic Complex (Strange Lake Complex; Lac Brisson Complex), Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:154792
Long-form Identifier:1:3:154792:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Jambor, John L.; Roberts, Andrew C.; Grice, Joel D. (1987) Armstrongite from the Strange Lake Alkalic Complex, on the Quebec – Labrador Boundary, Canada. Powder Diffraction, 2 (1). 2-4 doi:10.1017/s0885715600012148
Birkett, T. C., Miller, R. R., Roberts, A. C., Mariano, A. N. (1992) Zirconium bearing minerals from the Strange Lake intrusive complex, Quebec Labrador. The Canadian Mineralogist, 30 (1) 191-205
Miller, Randy R. (1996) Structural and textural evolution of the Strange Lake peralkaline rare-element (NYF) granitic pegmatite, Quebec-Labrador. The Canadian Mineralogist, 34 (2) 349-371
A. Kerr and H. Rafuse (2012) Rare-earth element (REE) geochemistry of the Strange Lake deposits: Implications for resource estimation and metallogenic models. Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources Current Research 2012 pp39-60
Mohammadi, Nadia; Corrigan, David; Sappin, Anne-Aurélie; Rogers, Neil; Rayner, Nicole; Sandeman, Hamish; Wodicka, Natasha (2025) Magmatic Evolution of Late Neoarchean to Earliest Paleoproterozoic Hypersolvus Intrusions in Northern Quebec and Labrador, Canada, and the Potential Influence of Mantle and Lower-Crustal Metasomatic Processes. Economic Geology, 120 (2). 449-473 doi:10.5382/econgeo.5140
 
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