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Dawsonite from
McGill University campus, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada


Classification
Species:Dawsonite
Formula:NaAlCO3(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Dolomite
Galena
Pyrite
Wad
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dawsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view McGill University campus, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4387
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4387:8
GUID (UUID V4):badf6024-b8e4-4b9e-8934-b20484b39366
Nearest other occurrences of Dawsonite
0.3km (0.2 miles) McTavish Reservoir (Rutherford Park; Lower Reservoir; Montreal Reservoir), Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
1.2km (0.7 miles) Ville Marie Expressway (Autoroute 720), Montréal, Québec, Canada
2.7km (1.7 miles) Corporation (Forsyth's) quarry, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
4.4km (2.8 miles) Canadian National Railway tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
6.3km (3.9 miles) Rosemont quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
7.4km (4.6 miles) Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
7.6km (4.7 miles) Miron Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
13.4km (8.3 miles) Lafarge Montreal East quarry (Carrière Lafarge Montréal-Est; Francon Montréal-Est quarry; Canada Cement quarry), Montréal-Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada
20.2km (12.6 miles) Dulude Quarry (DJL - Carrière Mont-Bruno), Mont Saint Bruno, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Longueuil TE, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
25.7km (16.0 miles) Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dawsonite A Montreal Mineral Peter Tarassoff Redpath Museum, McGill University 859 Sherbrooke Street...Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0C4 Well-crystallized dawsonite, a species first described in 1874...1874 from an occurrence on the campus of McGill University, is relatively rare. In the Montreal region...best dawsonite specimens, and Mont Saint-Hilaire has yielded the largest crystals known. Dawsonite can...INTRODUCTION Dawsonite, NaAl(CO3)(OH)2, was first described in 1874 from an occurrence on the campus of McGill
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum McGill University Montreal, Quebec PETER TARASSOFF Redpath Museum, McGill University 859 Sherbrooke...Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0C4 peter.tarassoff@sympatico.ca M CGILL UNIVERSITY’S...ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 2. Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. Peter Tarassoff photo....Scotia, and educated at Pictou Academy and the University of Edinburgh, Dawson’s childhood fascination...had been appointed principal of McGill College, now McGill University. With the vision and energy that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogist Vol. 41, pp. 413-427 (2003) THE KOMAN DAWSONITE AND REALGAR–ORPIMENT DEPOSIT, NORTHERN ALBANIA:...Shanto, Tirana, Albania ABSTRACT The deposit of dawsonite and realgar–orpiment in the Koman area, northern...(As–Sb-sulfide stage), iii) dolomite – calcite – dawsonite – aragonite – barite – gypsum (carbonate–sulfate...lithotypes. Values of 18O and 13C indicate that dawsonite and hydrothermal dolomite are derived at the expense...wallrocks were the source of Al and Na involved in dawsonite deposition. Al, Na, K and Si were the elements
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:...subject to change without notice $9.00 PlateI Mont St-Hillaire quarry. (GSC 138741) CONTENTS ix
Journal (issue)
Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead...Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George........ 323 by E. Davis & B. Gardner Chromian dawsonite and chromian alumohydrocalcite from Orestimba...Southwest. Montgomery later turned it over to the University of new Mexico in 1979 as a historic site worthy...preservation and study. Montgomery returned to university studies in the late 1940’s and in 1951 was awarded
Report (issue)
MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 32 Kingston, Ontario to Lac...Museum of Canada photo. Right: Serandite with analcime and mangan-neptunite crystals from Mont St-Hilaire...Collection specimen (No. 37124). National Museum of Canada photo. Miscellaneous Report 32 ROCKS AND MINERALS... © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1983 A vailable in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...Supply and Services Canada Hull, Quebec, Canada KIA OS9 and from Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth Street
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
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
Book
MONT SAINT-HILAIRE: HISTORY, GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY About the cover The striking specimen shown on...specimens collected at Mont Saint-Hilaire; it features the species that made Mont Saint-Hilaire so well...cover feature two species originally described from Mont Saint-Hilaire; they remain unique to that locality...Hills, of which Mont Saint-Hilaire is a member; carletonite is named after Carleton University, where much...much of the early work on Mont Saint-Hilaire minerals was carried out. The monteregianite-(Y) specimen is
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
Report (issue)
MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 57 Cobalt – Belleterre –...Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2000 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 57 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR...in Right of Canada, 2000 Catalogue No. M41-8-57E ISBN 0-660-17726-9 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
Report (issue)
MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39 Bancroft - Parry Sound...Sabina L 1*1 Natural Resources Canada Ressources naturelles Canada 1986 CanadZ L COVER Left: Betafite...Collection specimen No. 42584. National Museum of Canada photo No. 1168B. Note: actual specimen is dark...Collection specimen No. 36463. National Museum of Canada photo No. 1361. Note: actual specimen is grey with...with pink cast. Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR
Report (issue)
MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick...career in mineralogy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral...for the Collector”, which covers 14 regions of Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Yukon-Alaska...treasurer for the Mineralogical Association of Canada. After her retirement in the late 1990s, Ann continued...shortly before her death. Geological Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE
Book (edition)
USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada, generally well known to readers. However, the...greenish tint. R = 35 %. VHN = 26-61. Rare at etc. at Mont St-Hilaire. Quebec. CM 32. 843-854, Georgetown,...occurs mainly in the Alps between Monte Cenis and Mont Blanc, as well as in Val Malenco, Lombardy, Italy... {100} and {010} Colfax co., New Mexico, and at Mont St-Hilaire, good.H = 3. D = 227. Np,m,g= 1.480.1...Kola Penin., Russia, at alkalinepegmatitedike at Mont St-Hilaire,Quebec. Narssarssuk,Greenland, in the
 
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