 | | Journal (issue) | | Ann Arbor, MI Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum...Famous mineral localities: The Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....annual FM-MSA-TGMS Tucson Mineralogical Symposium: CANADA! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Chairman:...crystal, 4 cm, on matrix, from the Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada. (See the article in this issue...localities: The Francon Quarry, `ÉÇàÜ°tÄ? dâ°uxv Peter Tarassoff 91 Lakeshore Road Beaconsfield, Québec, Canada |  | | Report (issue) | | © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1983 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...and Services Canada Hull, Québec, Canada K1A 0S9 and from Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth Street...Street Ottawa, Canada K1A 0E8 A deposit copy of this publication is also available for reference in public...public libraries across Canada Cat. No. ISBN Price M41-8/32E 0-660-11547-6 Canada: $7.50 Other countries:...without notice $9.00 PlateI Mont St-Hillaire quarry. (GSC 138741) CONTENTS ix | Abstract l Introduction |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0C4 peter.tarassoff@sympatico.ca M CGILL...Pinch Medal from the Mineralogical Association of Canada. VISITOR INFORMATION Address: Redpath Museum,...Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C4, Canada Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 11...Montreal founded in 1827, and the Geological Survey of Canada established in 1842. All three museums were available...scientific endeavor. In 1877 the government of Canada decided to move the Geological Survey and its museum |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 48 Ottawa to North Bay and...Natural Resources Canada Ressources naturelles Canada Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report...Queen in Right of Canada 2007 Catalogue No. M41-8/48E ISBN 0-660-19556-9 Available in Canada from the Geological...Geological Survey of Canada Bookstore (see inside front cover for details) A copy of this publication is...available for reference by depository libraries across Canada through access to the Depository Services Program's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Thumbnails-FranForghani, Abdol-Hossein. The Apatite of con Quarry. Nov., p. 455 Hormuz Island, Iran. March, p. 85... 298; Thumbnails. Oct., p. 405; Thumbnails—Francon Quarry. Nov., p. 455 Rich, Carter C. An Easy-To-Build...Special Gemstone Ex hibit at the National Museums of Canada. July-Aug., p. 288 Wood, Simone. Tips for Preparing...Vonsen. Dec, p. 511 Canada—Special Gemstone Exhibit at the National Museums of Canada. Willow Wight. July-August...July-August, p. 288; Thumb nails- Francon Quarry. Norman B. Biggart, John Reiner. Nov., p. 455 Colorado—A |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have been given names sounding like minerals. CANADA Quebec Monoclinic is clearly the champion. Don't...mantle as well). 180 ROCKS AND MINERALS Francon Quarry "Collecting hasn't been this unbelievable for...Y o r k . It is a matter of time before the Francon quarry in Montreal is reclaimed as a sanitary land...land fill by the city, but until that time, the Francon Company has allowed a schedule of collecting at...luck would have it, that part of the enormous Francon quarry is where the action should be. In mid-September |  | Hazen, Robert M., Hummer, Daniel R., Hystad, Grethe, Downs, Robert T., Golden, Joshua J. (2016) Carbon mineral ecology: Predicting the undiscovered minerals of carbon. American Mineralogist, 101 (4) 889-906 doi:10.2138/am-2016-5546 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | localities], siderite (FeCO3; 5738 localities), cerussite (PbCO3; 4658 localities), aragonite (CaCO3; 2895...Poudrette Quarry within the nepheline syenite complex of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada, holds the...there, 12 of which are unique to the Poudrette Quarry. This remarkable diversity of rare minerals arises...Zaitsev et al. 1996); and the Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada (21 species; type locality for...carbonate elements minerals Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada 78 Alkaline intrusion, nepheline |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 58 Îles de la Madeleine,...Labrador Ann P. Sabina 2003 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 58 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR...in Right of Canada, 2003 Catalogue No. M41-8/58E ISBN 0-660-18932-1 Available in Canada from Geological...Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8 3303-33rd Street N.W. Calgary...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français |  | | Catalog/List | | - ·MINERALS 200 Napier Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Telephone: 1 (705) 726-~713 o LIST #3 - APRIL...ACTINOLITE: Gooderham, Ontario, Canada. crystals ACTINOLITE: St. Hilaire. Qu0bec, Canada, acicular sprays and tufts...tufts ACTINOLITE: Bull Run Quarry, Loudon County, Virginia, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety...sections AS /\BOVE AEGERINE: St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. acicular sprays and tufts, crystal sections AEGERINE...AEGERINE,ALBIT~: St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. crystal sections, sprays and tufts AENIGMATITE, varfoty |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tamarugite(?), thenardite, 172 Blaen-y-Nant, Nant Francon, Caernarvonshire, North Wales: chlorite, gar- ...mine, Caldbeclc Fells: beudant- ite, carminite, cerussite, mimetite, galena, 428 Dry Gill, Caldbeck Fells:...azurite, olivenite, 428; coronadite, 343 Embleton quarry, Cockermouth: alunite, dickite, thaumasite, zunyite...Caldbeck Fells: beudantite, beaverite, carminite, cerussite, chrysocolla, galena, jarosite, plumbojarosite...scheelite, 921 Meldon aplite quarry, Okehampton: bavenite, 577 Meldon limestone quarry, Okehampton: scheelite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W o r l d News on Mineral Occurrences CANADA V A N D A L L T. KING Ward's Natural Science Establishment...sylvite, and anhydrite. Quebec Francon quarry The large Francon quarry in Montreal is located in a residential...little or no land available for expanding the quarry. The economics of dig ging deeper for the construction-grade...of mining offsets transportation costs. The Francon quarry is world-famous for being the first (or only)...are found at the Francon quarry. Dawsonite was first found in a quarry near the Francon. The city of Montreal |  | | Catalog/List | | running across the middle. Wana, Pakistan £ 15 CERUSSITE creamy to slightly iron stained coarsely fibrous...inch rock, Also a Weloganite crystal. (Francon Quarry,Quebec, Canada) £20 n NATIVE GOLD, five 1mm spots...creamy spots in chlorite vein on matrix. (Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Cornwall) lx2 £3 2x2 £6 WAVELLITE white...Millerite about 5x5mm near Llantriasant Wales £5 ✓ CERUSSITE nice small piece of 2mm greyish-white crystals |  | | Report (volume) | | MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 Kirkland Lake – Rouyn-Noranda...Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2003 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR...in Right of Canada, 2003 Catalogue No. M41-8/77E ISBN 0-660-19062-1 Available in Canada from Geological...Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8 3303-33rd Street N.W. Calgary...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | meters of the surface. Associated minerals include cerussite, pyromorphite, wulfenite, vanadinite, iron oxides...Lanarkshire, Scotland, and from the Greystones quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England. Surprisingly good thumbnail-...tabular orange crystals associated with galena, cerussite, and pyromorphite. Other Romanian localities mentioned...long. Associated minerals include anglesite, cerussite, linarite, wulfenite, pyromorphite, vanadinite... some of which were associated with chromian cerussite, were recovered from gossan at the Magnet mine |  | Young, B., Ryback, G., Braithwaite, R. S. W., Francis, J. G. (1997) Prosopite, doyleite and otavite from Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire. Mineralogical Magazine, 61 (409) 895-897 doi:10.1180/minmag.1997.061.409.11 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Prosopite, doyleite and otavite from Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire B. Young British...Carboniferous (Dinantian) limestones worked at Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire [National Grid...(Dunham and Wilson, 1985). Where exposed in the quarry the veins are strongly oxidized and the supergene...supergene minerals hemimorphite, smithsonite and cerussite are abundant, commonly lining cavities which may...associated veins exposed in the southern face of the quarry, has Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 32 Kingston, Ontario to Lac...1983 COVER Left: Weloganite crystals from Francon Quarry, Montreal. Specimen measures 3 cm from tip...Collection specimen (No. 36384). National Museum of Canada photo. Right: Serandite with analcime and mangan-neptunite...mangan-neptunite crystals from Mont St-Hilaire quarry. Specimen 22 is cm long. National Mineral Collection...Collection specimen (No. 37124). National Museum of Canada photo. Miscellaneous Report 32 ROCKS AND MINERALS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | willemite, mimetite, and wulfenite. In addition, cerussite, hemimorphite, descloizite, mottramite, vanadinite...hemimorphite, or on cor roded masses or crystals of cerussite. In addition to the "dipyramidal" crystals described...particularly strik ing specimens. Cerussite. Although cerussite is widely distributed throughout the...district, good crystals are difficult to find. Most cerussite at Socorro Peak occurs as unattractive gray ish...the cerus site has been partially resorbed. Cerussite is always earlier in the paragenetic sequence |  | | Catalog/List | | well formed single crystal. 1x~x~", £3.2Sp 21. CERUSSITE. Brown's Claim, Rum Jungle, N. Terr., Australia...3x2i-x1t,.", £4. 50p 37. DRESSERITE. Francon Qry., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Specimen A: Creamy-white silky...40. FERRIERITE. Kaloomps Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Specimen A: Pale rsddish to creamy coloured radiated...crystals lining cavities in and scattered on Cerussite matrix with a little micro crystallised Caledoni...2x1fx1 " , £4.50p WELOGANITE. Francon Qry., ~ontreal, Q ebec, Canada. Specimen A: Choice lustrous cre:Jmy |  | | Catalog/List | | sharp t~nned cryst a1. 1-tx1-tx1", £27. SOp 18. CERUSSITE. Rum Jungle, N. Terr., Australia. Small bright...in size, £7.00. 32. DAWSONITE. Francon Qry., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Small glassy needly crystals scattered...78. NATIVE SILVER. Silver Isle, Lakc Superior, Canada. Rich silvery hackly masses in quartz matrix. 1fx1fx1"...forming an intergrown group with e twinned creamy CERUSSITE crystal 1 cm in smze in association. 1~x1i.-"...2tx1-}", £2.2Sp 93. WELOGANITE. Francon Qry., Montreal, ~uebec, Canada. Sharp translucent creamy crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | association. 2xltxl". £24.00. BISMUTHINITE. Shap Quarry, Shap, Westmoreland. Select, silvery grcy , bladed...association. 2xltxli". £4.50. ~ -3- 22. CERUSSITE. Broken Hill, N.S. Wales, Australia. Select, lustrous... £3.25. LAZULITE. Big Fish River, Yukon Terr., Canada. select, bright, inky blue sharp crystals to 1...silky botryoidal mass with minor crystalised Cerussite in ass..ociation. 2~x2".£4.50. -6-- 63. 64...2xl~-xlt". 0.25. PHLOGOPITE. Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. well formed shining light brown hexagonal crystal |  | | Journal (issue) | | may be made in local currency to the following: Canada: Mrs. J.W . Peat. 36 Oeepwood Crescent. Don Mills...UJiJflLESfJJI \\N TSUMEB SECONDARIES Dioptase—Cerussite Smithsonite —Others PERUVIAN SULFIDES Huebnerite—Tetrahedrite...Blount Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 The Jeffrey quarry, near North Little Rock, Arkansas, has produced...to come from the Arkan sas quartz region. The quarry is now closed but specimens of quartz, ankerite...Arkansas, and south of Camp Robinson. The quarry, known as Jeffrey quarry, is just north of McArthur Drive (Conway |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | QUINTIN WIGHT 525 Fielding Drive Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1V 7G7 qwight@sympatico.ca The Year in Micromounting...micromounters, some of whom came from as far as Canada. A few years ago the event was renamed the Ed and...also traveled widely, bringing his expertise to Canada as well as venues in the United States. As a teacher...lecturing at venues across the United States and Canada. Phil was a giant in the hobby and at the time...had traveled some 4,650 kilometers from northern Québec to attend. Registration for the event starts Friday |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 224 ROCKS & MINERALS Gallery Ottawa, Ontario Canada Figure 2. The front of the Victoria Memorial Museum...capital cities of each province and territory of Canada. The diamond-set globe (42 cut stones, total weight... where its exhibits feature natural history in Canada and the world. The Vale Earth Gallery occupies... Address: 240 McLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Website: http://nature.ca/en/plan-your-visit/directions...in the Vale Earth Gallery. Major ore deposits of Canada, physical properties of minerals (including a small |  | | Catalog/List | | Nanisivik Mine.Baffin Island,North West Territory,Canada SPC of pure pyrite consisting of interlocking modified...Ml.£5 15. AMETHYST,Thunder Bay.Northern Ontario,Canada Druse of amethystine stubby quartz prisms to 9mm...points. Matrix free Pretty D TN.£24 25 MALACHITE & CERUSSITE,Browns Deposit.Rum Jungle.Northern Territories...malachite nodules with milky white light brown blocky cerussite xtls forming pure aggregate free of matrix.Attractive...Nanisivik Mine,Baffin Island.North West Territory,Canada Xtl group of intergrown modified pyrite cubes showing |  | | Catalog/List | | minor matrix. 2-Jx2x1-J", £5-00. ANALCIME. Dean Quarry,St.Kevern,Lizard.Cornwall. Large(to about 1" in...£16.00. Felted,asicular crystalline ANGLESITE/CERUSSITE. Broken Hill Mine,New South Wales.Australia. Lustrous...bladed crystals,forming sparkling interform on Cerussite matrix with small Galena inclusions.(Ex.Museum... AUGITE/CALCITE. Huddersfield --lexa.uanaaa. ,Canada, Well formed and terminated,blackishgreen coloured...00. 29. AURICHALCITE/HEMIMORPHITE. Greystones Quarry,Nr.Launceston.Cornwall. Rather nasty,cavernous |
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