Catapleiite

specimen number:
2062961

location:
Poudrette Quarry, Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

description:
A superb crystal grouping of lustrous slightly translucent platy catapleiite crystals without matrix. A small crystal of analcime is attached along one termination. This is in excellent condition and very choice for the species. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark.

The Poudrette Quarry is situated within the Cretaceous-aged Mont Saint-Hilaire alkaline intrusive complex in Quebec, Canada, formed by rare magma intrusions that concentrated high levels of incompatible elements. Operating primarily as a commercial stone quarry, it became world-famous among mineralogists and collectors due to its complex pegmatite pockets and xenoliths, which have yielded hundreds of unique and rare mineral species found nowhere else on Earth. Intensive commercial quarrying operations over the decades exposed these rich cavity systems, allowing researchers and hobbyists to salvage an extraordinary diversity of pristine specimens before active extraction wound down.

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