A swarm of mafic igneous dikes have intruded the Estes pegmatite and make a showy display in the quarry face. |
Large anhedral masses of yttrian fluorite, measuring to several feet across, were found at the White Cloud pegmatite. |
The Whabouchi spodumene-bearing pegmatite is located in the middle of the Whabouchi Property, between Lac du Spodumene and Lac des Montagnes. |
Beryl, columbite, and triphylite are common accessory minerals in the Estes pegmatite, especially in the coarse-grained layers. |
This type of pegmatite, or one closely allied to it, also contains hiddenite as hypidiomorphic crystals within the pegmatite itself. |
The pegmatite is composed of microcline, plagioclase and quartz with minor amounts of clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, ilmenite and zircon. |