{"product_id":"remondite-ce","title":"RÉMONDITE-(Ce)","description":"Rémondite-(Ce) from Mont Saint-Hilaire usually forms pale beige-coloured wispy fibrous sprays, but this crystal is very different, and very large! Large, 'chunky' hexagonal prismatic Rémondite-(Ce) crystals have been reported from MSH, but are extremely rare. Many other rare earth carbonate species occur as MSH and visually many are difficult to tell apart. Either way, this is a significant crystal, probably collected many decades ago. Off matrix, it has a small inclusion of black, bladed Aegirine at its base. If you are new to this locality, it is one of those rare mineralogical wonders of nature, with a recorded 439 species and is type locality to a staggering 73 species.  The quarry is situated in Rouville County in Quebec, Canada, a little due east of Montreal.  For many years two quarries worked adjacent to one another, the Poudrette and De-Mix, only separated by an unexcavated demarcation wall.  Once this was mined out, the two quarries amalgamated, so it is now the convention to name the whole quarry as Poudrette.  It is not known which quarry this specimen came out of at the time of mining (i.e. either Poudrette or De-Mix), so it is simply given as Mont Saint-Hilaire.  A superb specimen.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46545386209455,"sku":"CC27187","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC27187.png?v=1770387793","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.com\/products\/remondite-ce","provider":"Crystal Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}