Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Kaersutite |
Formula: | NaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2 |
Comments: | All analyses reported in the literature represent ferri-kaersutite (Horváth et al. 2019) in the current amphibole nomenclature (Hawthorne et al. 2012). Ferri-kaersutite was described by Gentili et al. (2016); all earlier references for kaersutite (sensu stricto) appear to be erroneous. |
Habit: | prismatic phenocrysts |
Colour: | black |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Erroneously Reported |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Kaersutite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 22147 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:22147:2 |
GUID (UUID V4): | ed0988eb-52e4-4368-87f5-fa28f4127ced |
Nearest other occurrences of Kaersutite |
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22.7km (14.1 miles) | ⓘMont Saint-Gregoire (Mont Johnson; Monoir), Le Haut-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
24.8km (15.4 miles) | ⓘMont Yamaska, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
31.3km (19.4 miles) | ⓘLafarge Montreal East quarry (Carrière Lafarge Montréal-Est; Francon Montréal-Est quarry; Canada Cement quarry), Montréal-Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
37.1km (23.0 miles) | ⓘCorporation (Forsyth's) quarry, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
38.6km (24.0 miles) | ⓘCanadian National Railway tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
41.2km (25.6 miles) | ⓘL'Épiphanie quarry, L'Épiphanie, L'Assomption RCM, Lanaudière, Québec, Canada |
46.4km (28.8 miles) | ⓘMont Shefford, Shefford, La Haute-Yamaska RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada |
50.6km (31.4 miles) | ⓘMont Brome, Bromont, Estrie, Québec, Canada |
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