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Labradorite from
Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


Locality type:Region
Classification
Species:Anorthite var: Labradorite
Formula:(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hypersthene1 photo of Labradorite associated with Hypersthene at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Labradorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:827128
Long-form Identifier:1:3:827128:0
GUID (UUID V4):f56994ed-6463-4621-8cc0-6a04ca419375
Localities for Labradorite in this Region
Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Igiak Bay Quarry, Kikkertavak Island, Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Paul Island, Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Ford Harbour, Paul Island, Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Ten Mile Bay Quarry, Paul Island, Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Tabor Island, Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Grenfell Quarry, Tabor Island, Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 58 ĂŽles de la...the Island of Newfoundland, and Labrador Ann P. Sabina 2003 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous...ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR ĂŽles de la Madeleine, Quebec, the Island of Newfoundland, and Labrador...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochemical alteration and deformation in Proterozoic mafic dykes, Hopedale block, Labrador Andrew C. C a d...d m a n a'b, John Tarney a, R. Graham Park b and Ingo F. Ermanovics c aDepartment of Geology, University...Survey of Canada, 588 Booth Street, Ottawa, Canada, KIA OE4. (Received December 16, 1991; revised and accepted...J., Park, R.G. and Ermanovics, I.F., 1992. Retrogression, geochemical alteration and deformation in Proterozoic...Proterozoic mafic dykes, Hopedale block, Labrador. Lithos, 29:141-156. Studies of Precambrian high-gradeterranes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Que., Canada THE ESKIMOS call it Nepoktulegatsuk — a low, rocky island in the wilds of Labrador, about...about a square mile in area, with no fresh water and very little vegetation. Fortunately, the island has...the famous Grenfell Quarry and main source of gem quality labradorite in Canada. My visit to the island...Eskimos, myself and Anton Sjovell, our Swedish-born chief engineer. Mining labradorite in this bleak region...Temperatures go down as low as 20 degrees at night and our shelter consisted of two fairly small tents.
Report (Issue volume)
ISLAND NEWFOUNDLAND Ann P. Sabina MISCELLANEOUS REPORT 8 Issued by THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Department...Mines and Resources, Ottawa © Crown Copyrights reserved Available by mail from information Canada, Ottawa...Ottawa, and at the following information Canada bookshops: HALIFAX i 735 Barrington Street MONTREAL 1182...• Tools and general equipment 5 • Care of specimens 6 • Collecting in Canada 6 • Mineral and rock sets...BRUNSWICK 31 • NOV A SCOTIA and PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 67 • NEWFOUNDLAND 89 e APPENDICES 89 • Additional
Report (issue)
Labradorite Na0:5¡0:3 Ca0:5¡0:7 Al1:5¡1:7 Si2:5¡2:3 O8 c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1...1: Crystals typically thin, tabular along [010], and rhombic in section, to 4 cm. Cleavable, granular...O8 : Polymorphism & Series: Mineral Group: High- and low-temperature structural varieties are recognized...plagioclase series. Occurrence: In ma¯c igneous rocks and anorthosites. Rarer in metamorphic rocks, as amphibolites...Pauls Island, Labrador, Newfoundland; at Lake St. John, Quebec; and elsewhere in Canada. In the USA, especially
Journal (issue)
Promote the science of palaeontology through study and education. 2. Make contributions to the science by:...by: discovery; responsible collection; curation and display; education of the general public; preservation...palaeontological material for study and future generations. 3. Work with the professional and academic communities to...to aid in the preservation and understanding of Alberta’s heritage. MEMBERSHIP: Any person with a sincere...Society PO Box 68024, Crowfoot PO Calgary, AB, Canada T3G 3N8 www.albertapaleo.org THE BULLETIN WILL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETROLOGY OF ANORTHOSITES, RELATED GRANITIC ROCKS, AND UHT ASSEMBLAGES: A TRIBUTE TO RONALD F. EMSLIE PREFACE...Ronald F. Emslie On November 14, 2005, the Canadian and international petrological communities lost, suddenly...to the fields of igneous petrol­ogy, geochemistry and mineralogy. Ron dedicated most summers of his more...more than 35 years with the Geological Survey of Canada carrying out a prodigious amount of difficult...of work on magmatism in the Grenville, Churchill and Nain provinces of the eastern Canadian Shield has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Inclusions with Enclosing Magma at Voisey’s Bay, Labrador, Canada: Implications with Respect to Ore Genesis...Africa AND ANTHONY J. NALDRETT Department of Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada ON M5S...Proterozoic-aged Churchill province to the west and orthogneiss of the Archean-aged Nain province to...chamber to the west (the Reid Brook subchamber), and a conduit connecting them. Sulfide mineralization...the basal contact of the Eastern Deeps subchamber and within the conduit. The breccia is composed of abundant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RONALD F. EMSLIE Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada Received March 12. 1965 ABSTRACT The Michikamau...bodies extending from southeastern Ontario to Labrador. Potassium-argon biotite dates place the time...anorthosite, and leucogabbro; essential minerals are plagioclase, olivine, clinopyroxene, and orthopyroxene...range Anaz-Ansz and olivine in the range Foso-Fo7o. The rocks are remarkably fresh and free from secondary...charged with plagioclase crystals. CumuIate structures and textures indicate that bottom accumulation of crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ANORTHOSITES limited occurrence in both place and time suggests a unique—and consider­ ing their size, profound—...2.7 billion years ago or mineral near Nain, Labrador, and took it more. Their origin is clear—they crystal­...The min­ lized from essentially basaltic magmas—and they differ from batholiths both in their eral was...of feld­ structure and chemical composition. These spar, and it was named labradorite in honor of its type...of labradorite Anorthosite bathloiths occur in belts in and its widespread host rocks in Labrador the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
comparison of the Pants Lake and Voisey's Bay sul®de occurrences in Labrador, Canada Received: 20 February 2000...Abstract The Voisey's Bay nickel±copper deposit and the Pants Lake sul®de occurrences are the most important...date within the Nain Plutonic Suite in northern Labrador. There are many intriguing similarities at both...sul®de-bearing paragneiss of the Churchill Province, and these intrusions contain inclusions of the paragneiss...SiO2, K2O, Na2O and sulfur to the magmas, and are responsible for sul®de-saturation and resultant segregation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Labrador Author(s): Wilfred T. Grenfell Source: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Apr., 1911)...that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content... We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship...are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Geographical Journal This content...subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms LABRADOR. 407 made and verified. The Alpine adventures of Hannibal
Book
Minerals and Rocks 21 Editor in Chief P. J. Wyllie, Pasadena, CA Editors A. El Goresy, Heidelberg W...Ashwal. p. cm. - (Minerals and rocks; 21) Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN-13: 978-3-642-77442-3... reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication...Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag...exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Typesetting:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quantification of strain-related mosaicity in shocked lunar and terrestrial plagioclase by in situ micro-X-ray diffraction...FLEMMING1, and Gordon R. OSINSKI1,3 1 Department of Earth Sciences and Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration...Ontario, 1151 Richmond St., London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada 2 Current address: School of Geographical & Earth...Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK 3 Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, 1151...1151 Richmond St., London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada * Corresponding author. E-mail: a.pickersgill.1@research
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SPECIAL GEMSTONE EXHIBIT AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF CANADA By WILLOW WIGHT, F.G.A. National Museum of Natural...Mineral Sciences Division Ottawa, Ontario. K 1 A 0M8 Canada The National Museum of Natural Sci­ ences has...museum building which houses both the Museum of Man and the Museum of Natural Sciences. The Gemstone exhibit...of 18 specially designed cases and graphic panels. Both cut gems and mineral crys­ tals are used to describe...describe the properties of gemstones and to illustrate the most ROCKS AND MINERALS important species from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Mugford Group Volcanics of Labrador: Age, Geochemistry, and Tectonic Setting Can. J. Earth Sci....volcanic and sedimentary rocks exposed within the Khaumayat (Kaumajet) Mountains of Labrador. Separated...Separated from an intensely deformed and deeply eroded Archean basement complex by an angular unconformity,... these rocks are nearly everywhere flat-lying and only locally altered. The volcanic rocks within the...basalts and greenstones. A phosphorus fractionation diagram indicates that the tholeiitic and komatiitic
Journal (issue)
Promote the science of palaeontology through study and education. 2. Make contributions to the science by:...by: discovery; responsible collection; curation and display; education of the general public; preservation...palaeontological material for study and future generations. 3. Work with the professional and academic communities to...to aid in the preservation and understanding of Alberta’s heritage. MEMBERSHIP: Any person with a sincere...Society PO Box 68024, Crowfoot PO Calgary, AB, Canada T3G 3N8 www.albertapaleo.org THE BULLETIN WILL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3749/canmin.48.4.763 OXYGEN ISOTOPES IN THE GRENVILLE AND NAIN AMCG SUITES: REGIONAL ASPECTS OF THE CRUSTAL...University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada John W. VALLEY Department of Geoscience, University...input into magmas, and shed light on the origin of the parent magmas of anorthosite and of contemporaneous...isotope ratios of anorthosites range from 4 to 11‰ and indicate variable supracrustal input into their parent...correlates with boundaries between crustal blocks. Oxygen and neodymium isotope ratios of 1.3 Ga Nain Plutonic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A Journey in the Interior of Labrador, July to October, 1887 Author(s): Randle F. Holme Source: Proceedings...Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, New Monthly Series, Vol. 10...that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content... We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship...digitize, preserve and extend access to Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIONS? WOLFGANG D. MAIER§, CHUSI LI AND SYBRAND A. DE WAAL Centre for Research on Magmatic...Ni–Cu sulfide deposits. The Sudbury intrusion in Canada is a notable exception, but sulfide ores there...Noril’sk, Jinchuan, and the recently discovered Uitkomst deposit of South Africa and the Voisey’s Bay intrusion...intrusion of Labrador, Canada, which are associated with the Bushveld Complex and the Nain Plutonic Suite...is attributed to their specific flow environment and to the exploitation of the conduits by multiple flows
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Marianne M. MADER1,2,3 and Gordon R. OSINSKI 1,2,4* 1 Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, University...University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western...5B7, Canada 3 Centre for Earth & Space, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada 4 Department...of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada * Corresponding...however, a subdued terraced rim and distinct central uplift are still observed and impactites are well exposed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Notes 401 their procedures for sampling and handling the samples before the analysis. We feel that...interest during this work; his constructive criticisms and discussions were very helpful to us. We are grateful...gave us to use the EL 3 reactor and 7 ray spectroscopy futilities, and also for stimulating discussions...Acknowledgments-We REFERENCES HANAPPE F., VOSTERSM., PICCIOTTOE. and DEUTSCHS. (1968) Chimie des noiges antarctiques et...Sci. Lett 4, 487496. Mr;rtozr;~trr M., CHOW T. J. and PATTERSONC. (1969) Chemical concentrations of pollutant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
J. J. BRUMMER Kennco Explorations, (Canada) Limited, Suite 1130, 25 King Street West, Toronto E. L. MANN...Area, Labrador Abstract: The Seal Lake area covers about 800 square miles in central Labrador. Rocks...Precambrian and consist of the younger Seal Lake group resting unconformably on the Letitia Lake group and granites...granites and anorthosite. The Seal Lake group consists of metasedimentary rocks, basalt flows, and diabase...extruded over great areas, and diabase intruded the lower and middle and, to a lesser extent, the upper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Long Range dyke swarm, Newfoundland, Canada J. VICTOR OWEN~,JOHN D. GREENOUGH2'" and KIM A. BEELEFONTAINE3...3C3 (Canada) 2Department of Geology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B. EOA 3C0 (Canada) 3Department...Montreal, Que. H 3A 2A 7 (Canada) LITHOS Owen, J.V., Greenough, J.D. and Bellefontaine, K.A., 1989...polymetamorphosed tholeiite: The Long Range dyke swarm, Newfoundland, Canada. Lithos, 24: 55-64. Latest Proterozoic (0...the Grenvillian Long Range lnlier of western Newfoundland show a polymetamorphic imprint attributed to
Report (chapter)
northeastern Canada: tilted cross-section of a magmatic arc caught between a rock and a hard place MARTIN...Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OE8, Canada (Present address: Department...Survey Branch, Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, PO Box 8700, St John's Newfoundland, A1B 4J6,... Canada Abstract: The northern segment of the Palaeoproterozoic Torngat Orogen is unique relative to...the margin of the Archaean Nain Province. Field and geochemical data indicate that it represents a subduction-generated
 
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