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Jeffrey Mine (Jeffrey Quarry), Asbestos, Shipton Township, Richmond Co., Québec, Canada

An asbestos mine in ultrabasic, serpenitized rocks. Owned by Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd.

Ref:(in part):
- Min.Rec.:20(5):393
- Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.493
- Amabili, M. , Miglioli, A. and Spertini, F. (2004). Recent discoveries at the Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec. The Mineralogical Record. 35: 123-135.
- Grice, J.D. and Williams, R. (1979). "Famous mineral localities: The Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec." Mineralogical Record, 10(2),pp:69-80.
- Spertini, F. (2001). "La mine Jeffrey, Asbestos, Québec, Canada." Le Règne Minéral(37),pp:10-34.





Mineral List:
  • Actinolite
  • Albite
  • Allanite-(Ce)
  • Andalusite
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Apatite-(CaOH)
    var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)
  • 'Apophyllite'
  • Aragonite
  • 'Asbestos'
  • Atacamite
  • Awaruite
  • Biotite
  • Brucite
  • Calcite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chamosite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Chromite
  • Chrysotile
  • 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
  • Clinozoisite
  • Copper
  • Corundum
  • Cummingtonite
  • Diaspore
  • Diopside
  • Enstatite
  • Galena
  • Grossular
  • Groutite
  • Heazlewoodite
  • Ilmenite
  • Jeffreyite (TL)
  • Leucoxene
  • Lizardite
  • Magnetite
  • Manganite
  • Margarite
  • Maucherite
  • Microcline
  • Molybdenite
  • Monazite-(Ce)
  • Muscovite
  • Nickeline
  • Okenite
  • Parachrysotile
  • Pectolite
  • Phlogopite
  • Prehnite
  • Pumpellyite-(Mg)
  • Pyrochroite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
  • Rutile
  • Schorl
  • Shandite
  • Spertiniite (TL)
  • Stilpnomelane
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Tochilinite
  • Vesuvianite
       var: Chrome-Vesuvianite
       var: Manganoan Vesuvianite
  • Wollastonite
  • Xonotlite
  • Zircon
  • Zoisite


    67 entries listed. 57 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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