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Franconite from
Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Franconite
Formula:Na(Nb2O5)(OH) · 3H2O
Habit:globules
Colour:white
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Weloganite7 photos of Franconite associated with Weloganite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Franconite associated with Quartz at this locality.
UM1990-28-OHF:Al2 photos of Franconite associated with UM1990-28-OHF:Al at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Franconite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5384
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5384:6
GUID (UUID V4):9472448d-46a8-4d1b-91de-ba086d790341
Nearest other occurrences of Franconite
23.2km (14.4 miles) Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
36.2km (22.5 miles) 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
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0C4 Well-crystallized dawsonite, a species...relatively rare. In the Montreal region, the Francon quarry has produced some of the world’s best dawsonite...campus of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its full characterization took almost a century...dawsonite localities in the Montreal region, the Francon quarry has produced some of the world’s best dawsonite...chemist and mineralogist to the Geological Survey of Canada. As Harrington was a mineral collector1 as well
Report (issue)
Franconite Na2 Nb4 O11 • 9H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...359(4) β = 92.24(6)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Francon quarry, Canada. 11.0 (10), 5.55 (7), 4.73 (6), 3.18 (6)...20 21.45 Total [100.0] 99.9 100.00 (1) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, H2 O by difference...dawsonite-bearing sill in a limestone deposit (Francon quarry, Canada); in cavities in altered pegmatite dikes...Saint-Hilaire, Canada). Association: Hochelagaite, weloganite, calcite, quartz (Francon quarry, Canada); burbankite
Report (issue)
Point Group: n.d. Intimately intergrown with franconite, in bladed crystals, to 0.03 mm, radiating in...446(6) β = 93.41(8)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Francon quarry, Canada. 10.0 (10), 3.115 (8), 3.208 (7), 5.39...8 [13.2] Total [100.0] (1) Francon quarry and Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada; by electron microprobe, average...05 )Σ=4.00 O10.71 • 5.47H2 O. (2) Saint-Amable, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponding to (Ca0...dawsonite-bearing sill in a limestone deposit (Francon quarry, Canada); in cavities in altered pegmatite dikes
Book
Sites "Re miniets Aitus du Canada Joel D. Grice A # ds. «< RE « "1 é+ Le: . 0 7, 22 L # ... SITES MINIERS CANADA CÉLÈBRES DU “Joel D. Grice L'ouvrage Sites miniers célèbres du Canada est un heureux...s'étend sur près de la moitié de la superficie du Canada et constitue l’une des régions minières les plus...zinc, de cuivre et d’or. Sites miniers célèbres du Canada est un ouvrage passionant et d’érudition rédigé... Sites miniers célèbres du Canada Gites miniers célèbres du Canada Joel D. Grice Musée national
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magazine, June 2014, Vol. 78(3), pp. 591–607 Franconite, NaNb2O5(OH)·3H2O: structure determination and...bonding, with comments on the crystal chemistry of franconite-related minerals M. M. M. HARING* AND A. M...Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada [Received 30 November 2013; Accepted 11 February...Editor: E. Grew] ABSTRACT The crystal structure of franconite, NaNb2O5(OH)·3H2O, has been characterized by...using material from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada. Results give a = 10.119(2), b = 6.436(1), c =
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
856 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2 Department of Geological Sciences, McGill University...University, 3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2A7 Received January 7, 1992/Accepted August...1992 Abstract. Ordovician limestones in the Francon quarry on the island of Montreal, Quebec, are host...hydrous carbonate, first identified in the Francon quarry. Four types of inclusions have been recognized...reported from the Montreal area including the Francon quarry where it is a major mineral in three felsic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
miarolytic cavities in nephelinesyeniteat the Big Rock Quarry, Cao.nnBer.or(Asos?Sioo8)o.esOr.ro(OH)r..o, and...manganoanpyroxene(schefferite),manganberzeliite, Franconite* svabite,barite and calcite.The type locality...its name to the Ramik, and B. D. Sturman (1984)Franconite,a new hydrated mineral. Type material is depositedin...associatedwith pyrite, colusite,stuetzite,and altaite. Franconite occurc as white globules in vugs in a dawsonite-...pale graybearing sill in the upper levelsof the Francon limestonequarry, brown or pale gray in reflect
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
V4M 3L9, Canada 2 Natural Resources Canada, 555 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G1, Canada 1 John...Columbia, John Jambor joined the Geological Survey of Canada in Ottawa in 1960 and moved to CANMET, also part...awards: including, from Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Hawley Award (1970), the Queen’s Silver Jubilee...2138/am.2008.518 710 eralogical Association of Canada short courses. In recognition, he has been awarded...Geological Survey and CANMET (Natural Resources Canada) spanned 33 years, followed by 14 years as Principal
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 (issue)
Ann Arbor, Ml Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum...Pfenninger-Horvath 594 Main Road Hudson, Quebec, Canada JOP 1H0 Robert A. Gault Research Division Canadian...Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K IP 6P4 Peter Tarassoff 91 Lakeshore Road Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada H9W 4H8 A...ancylite-(La), calciohilairite, cordylite-(Ce),franconite, gaidonnayite, hilairite, hochelagaite, kukharenkoite-(C...Q uebec. Inset: Location o f the DemixVarennes quarry in the Saint-Amable sill. LOCATION The Saint-Amable
Journal (issue)
287 288 293 353 A hornfels unit in the Poudrette quarry .................................................and J.Van Velthuizen Figure 1. The Poudrette quarry in the summer of 1988. Photo by L. Horvath. 284...associations are listed with the descriptions. Quarry maps have not been included because the precise...of many past finds in the quarry were never recorded, and because the quarry has changed so much over...very close to and clearly visible from the Trans-Canada highway. The picturesque farming and commuter village
Book
Mineralogical Association of Canada Association mineralogique du canada 14 Also in this series Encyclopedia...(1998) J. Delvigne Mineral Species Discovered in Canada and Species Named after Canadians Special Publication...F. Martin c 2019 Mineralogical Association of Canada All rights reserved. No part of this publication...publishers. Printed in Canada on acid-free paper Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication...(1962-) Published by the Mineralogical Association of Canada ISBN: 978-0-921294-61-0 1. Mont Saint-Hilaire,
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 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GeologicalSur- Survey in Prague,Czechoslovakia. vey of Canada, Ottawa, the British Museum (Natural History),...on the basisof similarity of the mineral with franconite and gave pegmatite include montmorillonite, K-feldspar...new hydrated Sr-Al hydroxycarbonate from the Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec.Can. Mineral., 24,455-459...cavities in a silicocarbonatitesill exposedat the Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec.Indistinct fibers radiate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
km east of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The quarries are on the 182 ROCKS AND MINERALS...fay j£*SJ Richelieu River \\ \r Rte. 229 U Quarry Mont Saint-Hilaire i ^ ^ m i Rte. 116 j\ ;...difficult. It was not until 1959, when the first quarry opened up on the northeast face of the mountain...right and the market available, he began work. The quarry produced its first load of stone for road metal...metal in 1959. A s Figure 6 shows, the Poudrette quarry was opened at the upper left of the working area
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
Journal (issue)
Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig University of...by H. A. Truebe Minerals occurrences in Western Canada ................................................. 89 by A. Ingelson Minerals of the Puu o Ehu quarry, H aw aii..........................................Belgium: Paul Van Hee Marialei 43 B-2120 Schoten Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills...Provincial Museum 12845 —102nd Avenue Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5N 0M6 yhe ten western Canadian mineral localities
Book
Uni-Mix quarry later became known as the De-Mix quarry. A third operation, the Desourdy quarry, also became...quarries were amalgamated and renamed the Demix quarry. The quarries were extremely active during the...More important for the science of mineralogy, the quarry operators allowed collectors to visit the quarries...was Mr. Frank Melanson. He visited the Poudrette quarry shortly after it started operation and continued...at a meeting of the Mineralogical Association of Canada, and, at about the same time, Mr. Melanson and
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6 Canada Malcolm E. BACK Department of Natural History...Ontario K1P 6P4 Canada László HORVÁTH 594 Main Road, Hudson Heights, Quebec J0P 1J0, Canada Abstract Peatite-(Y)...peralkaline Poudrette pegmatite at the Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, represents one of...Mont Saint-Hilaire (e.g., rouvilleite) and the Francon quarry, Quebec (e.g., voggite), the Tip Top pegmatite...collection of the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada): peatite(Y): specimen number M53894; ramikite-(Y):
Journal (issue)
Roberts Geo!. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Abraham...List $1. P.O. Box 53077, Dorval, Q uebec H9S 5W4 CANADA Affordable Green APOPHYLUTES . Nice green pieces...is returned, + $2.50 postage] ^ OUTSIDE U.S. & CANADA: We are now able to make foreign video tapes. Tell...Variously known as the Goodall quarry, Goodall Farm mine, and Webster quarry, the deposit consists of one...\/A \/ A \/ A\ \> /A /A / \ A \/ ; • ; ■ x\ quarry v ' V A A A A " .. ' . \ ^ / r ' ^ ^ T
Book (edition)
(Switzerland). Daniel Atcncio (Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia)...Burke (Netherlands), L.J. Cabri (Canada). Anton R. Chakhmouradian (Canada), Pierre-Jacques Chiappero (France)...Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada), Joel...Joel D. Grice (Canada). L.A. Groat (Canada). Alessandro Guastoni (Italy), William A. Henderson. Jr. (USA)...(USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov (Russia)
Journal (issue)
Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Richard...Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 and Department of Geology University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1...Mandarino of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. He has served since January of 1983. The vice-chairman...CRESTMORE/JENSEN QUARRY MINERALS 75 Species, Crestmore Quarry 25 Species, Jensen Quarry Sent $1 for catalog...since they make six to ten trips a year to the quarry. The jet-black, equant crystal of anatase shown
 
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