Keywords: Makatite, Zakharovite-449520.jpg Makatite Zakharovite Locality Demix-Varennes quarry Saint-Amable sill Varennes St-Amable Lajemmerais RCM Montérégie Québec Canada FOV ~6½ x 4 …“ mm Found Sept 2000 MOB coll Fibrous makatite with a hint of the sea green color characteristic of this find associazted with mustard “ zakharovite It can be very difficult to distinguish zakharovite from smectite group at STA but in this case the flake size seems too large for the more powdery smectite However even under high magnification I only see a very few xls with hexagonal shape “ perhaps wishful thinking The dark areas in the makatite are natrolite terminations trying to push through The dark spots in the mustard are something else Close inspection shows rounded red/brown blobs I don ™t know what they are This material is from a hydrothermalite with relatively abundant varennesite Makatit Zakharovit Sichtfeld ~ 6 …” x 4 …“ mm Fundort Grube Demix-Varennes Saint-Amable Schwelle Varennes St-Amable Lajemmerais RCM Montérégie Québec Kanada http //www mindat org/photo-449520 html 2012-03-07 http //www mindat org/user-11235 html 0 Modris Baum Modris Baum Makatite Zakharovite Files by Modris Baum from mindat Minerals of Demix-Varennes quarry |