Abstract
Natrolemoynite is a new member of the lemoynite group found in altered or unaltered pegmatites cutting nepheline syenite at the Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. In altered pegmatites, it is associated with microcline, lemoynite, lepidocro cite, galena, sphalerite, calcite and pyrite, and in unaltered pegmatites, with biotite, microcline, albite, magnetite, a chlorite-gr oup mineral, a burbankite-group mineral, an unidentified donnayite-(Y)-like mineral, zircon and pyrochlore. Crystals are colorless to white (occasionally with a slightly pink to red tinge), bladed to prismatic, elongate along [001], with maximum widths of 1 mm and lengths of 2 mm. The mineral typically develops in compact radial aggregates and spheres 4 mm in maximum diameter. It is transparent to translucent, with a vitreous to subadamantine luster and a white streak. The Mohs hardness is 3. Perfect {100} a nd
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