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Beryl Pit, Quadeville, Lyndoch Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada

An east-west trending surface mine in a pegmatite connected to the Rose Quartz Pit a couple of km west. Mined for beryl in the 1930's. This is considered part of the Bancroft area.

Ref:
- Steacy, H.R., Rose, E. R., Moyd, L. & Hogarth, D.D. (1982): Some classic Mineral Localities of Southeastern Ontario. Mineralogical Record 13: 197-203

The GPS coordinates are of the MacEwen gas station in Quadeville, where you must purchase your permit to visit the pit & there you will get directions to the pit.



Article entry:
Beryl Pit, Where the Beryls Hide in OntarioMichal Adamowicz





Map Reference: 45°18'51"N , 77°22'42"W

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Mineral List:
Aeschynite-(Ce)
Aeschynite-(Nd) ?
Aeschynite-(Y) ?
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
var: Peristerite
'Allanite'
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Anatase ?
'Apatite'
Bertrandite ?
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
Bismite
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe) ?
Euxenite-(Y)
Fluorite
Gadolinite-(Y)
'Garnet Group'
Goethite
Hafnon ?
Hematite
'Heulandite'
Ilmenite
Magnetite
'Manganese Oxides'
'Mica Group'
Microcline
var: Amazonite

Molybdenite ?
'Monazite'
Muscovite ?
Opal
var: Opal-AN ?
Phenakite ?
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Quartz
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile ?
var: StrĂ¼verite
Samarskite-(Y) ?
Schorl
Thorite ?
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Vigezzite
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite



52 entries listed. 32 valid minerals.

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