| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Tritomite-(Y) |
| Formula: | Y5(SiO4,BO4)3(O,OH,F) |
| Comments: | Found by Steacy at the Geological Survey of Canada circa 1960 as xls frozen in a single lens in the mine. Occurs in pegmatite. |
| Colour: | brown |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Significance: | Unusual or interesting association, relationships with other species, pseudomorphism etc. - see notes. |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | SEM-EDS |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Allanite Group | 4 |
| Pyrite | 1 |
| Scapolite | 1 |
| Quartz | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Tritomite-(Y) data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (10 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 65270 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:65270:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Tritomite-(Y) |
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| 19.7km (12.3 miles) | ⓘUnnamed prospect pit, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada |
| 21.4km (13.3 miles) | ⓘCardiff Uranium Mine, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada |
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Madawaska Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada