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| Keywords: Makatite-288534.jpg Makatite Locality Demix-Varennes quarry Saint-Amable sill Varennes St-Amable Lajemmerais RCM Montérégie Québec Canada FOV 4 5 x 6 8 mm Found Sept 2000 MOB coll This is a close-up of a specimen from the same finds as File Makatite-164563 jpg and File Makatite Zakharovite Natrolite-255464 jpg In this case the makatite is almost entirely fibrous But it does have a hint of the sea-green color seen in some of the larger blades of the other specimens I posted it to show that makatite can look very similar to fibrous pectolite Pectolite is actually rare at STA But almost every makatite specimen that I have seen from MSH is actually pectolite The ones from igneous breccia are particularly insidious But if your makatite isn't from a sodalite xenolith or marble xenolith it's probably not makatite Makatite sometimes fluoresces greenish SW; pectolite pink/violet best LW This specimen is from a hydrothermalite and was associated with varennesite zakharovite yofortierite eudialyte natrolite and sphalerite Makatit Sichtfeld 4 5 x 6 8 mm Fundort Grube Demix-Varennes Saint-Amable Schwelle Varennes St-Amable Lajemmerais RCM Montérégie Québec Kanada http //www mindat org/photo-288534 html 2010-02-23 http //www mindat org/user-11235 html 0 Modris Baum Modris Baum Makatite Files by Modris Baum from mindat Minerals of Demix-Varennes quarry | ||||
