White Road roadcut (Mathilda Lake roadcut), Harrington, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada

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(Chemin White, Lac Mathilda / Mathilde)

Formerly: White Road (Mathilda Lake) Roadcut, Harrington township, Argenteuil Co., Québec, Canada

Locality known for superb brownish-pink zircon crystals up to 5 cm long (usually repaired) and titanite crystals up to 4 cm across, along with fairly decent zeolites.

Situated near the towns of Lakeview and Arundel, the locality consists of a long roadcut on the eastern edge of Mathilda lake.

References:
Van Velthuizen et al. (2006) Min. Rec. 37, 283-296 [locality #47].
László Horváth (2006): Pers. comm. to Uwe Kolitsch.
Philippe Belley (2008 field observations)

Map Reference: 45°54'45"N , 74°35'53"W

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Mineral List:

'Apatite'
Calcite
Chabazite-Ca
Diopside
Fluorite

Heulandite-Ca
Mesolite
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Quartz

Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Zircon

13 entries listed. 12 valid minerals.

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