 | | 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 |  | | 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) | | cope LÁSZLÓ HORVÁTH 594 Main Road Hudson, Quebec Canada J0P 1H0 Downloaded by [University of Chicago Library]...first described from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada (Chao, Chen, and Baker 1980; Ghose, Wan, and Chao...catapleiite, natrolite, eudialyte, kentbrooksite, microcline, aegirine, astrophyllite, fluorite, ancylite-(Ce)...in Egypt and Turkey, he ultimately immigrated to Canada in 1923. Between 1925 and 1928 he worked as a miner...Montreal in 1928. The mother, Vlasta, arrived in Canada in 1928 from Czechoslovakia, and the same year |  | | 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 |  | | 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 | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 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...burbankite, muscovite, albite, microcline, chlorite, calcite, strontianite, natrolite (Vishnevogorsk complex |  | | Report (issue) | | 958(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada. 8.96 (100), 3.251 (50), 2.990 (50), 2.017 (45)... 19.79 Total 99.57 [99.11] 100.00 (1) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, TiO2 , ZrO2 ,...Ti0.94 O4.14 (CO3 )3.86 . (2) Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada; by electron microprobe, average of five analyses...mineral in vugs in a silicocarbonatite sill (Francon quarry, Canada); in cavities in sodalite syenite associated...alkalic gabbro-syenite complex (Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada). Association: Calcite, dawsonite, weloganite, |  | | Report (issue) | | 980(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada; minor preferred orientation. 4.794 (100), 2.360...99.72 [100.00] 100.00 1− (1) Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada; H2 O by TGA, (OH) confirmed by IR. (2) Do.; by...electron microprobe, H2 O from (1). (3) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, average of four...Saint-Hilaire, Canada); in vugs within silicocarbonatite sills intruding limestones (Francon quarry, Canada); in...Saint-Amable, Canada). Association: Calcite, albite, pyrite (Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada); weloganite, |  | | 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 | | | 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) | | buddingtonite is much rarer than the species microcline and albite.) The word specie is not the singular...Geological Survey of Canada by Ann P. Sabina). Quebec Francon Quarry The Francon quarry in Montreal is famous...dis covered what appears to be a first for the quarry—cube faces on analcime. This mineral almost always...shows a trapezohedron with a cube modification. CANADA Newfoundland Hematite Ms. Brenna Lorenz of Syracuse..."dresserite" examined. It was identified in the quarry by an "expert." On the specimens were gray botryoids |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ann Arbor, MI Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum...Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 by D. Blauwet Francon revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...price of $475 postpaid in the United States and Canada (write or e-mail for the shipping surcharge to...chance? Within minutes I was at the base of the quarry, but I quickly noticed large square blocks of numbered...was offered tourmaline, aquamarine, or green microcline crystals, I would point at them and if the owner |  | | Report (issue) | | [100.00] 100.00 (1) Guam. (2) Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada; by electron microprobe, H2 O by difference. (3)...analcime, sodalite, albite, microcline, dawsonite (Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada). Distribution: On Gunong...Narssârssuk, Greenland. In Canada, at Mont Saint-Hilaire, and in the Francon quarry, Montreal Island, Montreal... Type Material: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, M145608; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tamarugite(?), thenardite, 172 Blaen-y-Nant, Nant Francon, Caernarvonshire, North Wales: chlorite, gar- ...azurite, olivenite, 428; coronadite, 343 Embleton quarry, Cockermouth: alunite, dickite, thaumasite, zunyite...scheelite, 921 Meldon aplite quarry, Okehampton: bavenite, 577 Meldon limestone quarry, Okehampton: scheelite...Chiapaval, South Harris: pegmatite with muscovite, microcline, columbite, monazite, zircon, gahnite, kasolite...Langevat, South Harris: pegmatite with biotite, microcline, thorite, thorogummite, 367 Inverness Sgurr of |  | | Report (issue) | | cryolithionite, weberite, jarlite, prosopite, chiolite, microcline, quartz, fluorite, siderite, topaz (Ivigtut,...natrolite, chabazite, aegirine (Mont St. Hilaire, Canada). Distribution: Formerly in a large deposit at...pegmatite, Amelia, Amelia Co., Virginia. From the Francon quarry, Montreal Island, Montreal, at Mont Saint-Hilaire...Saint-Hilaire, and from near Saint-Amable, Quebec, Canada. From Miass, Ilmen Mountains, Southern Ural Mountains |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | crystal about 2cm tall and one cm across. Francon Quarry, Quebec Canada £50 2. BERYLLONITE translucent to...Ontario, Canada £30 4. CUBANITE two intergrown brassy crystals about 8mm overall size Quebec Canada) £20...slightly pink on 1,5 x 1,5 matrux Jeffery Mine, Quebec Canada £20 9. DANBURITE very large single crystal about...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £ I 0 21. HYDROZINCITE visible with...colourless glassy crystals on large Ixl inch rock osa quarry near Rome Italy £8 Fluorescent green with short |  | | Journal (issue) | | Freed, Abraham Rosenzweig 5-60 The Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada AGAB MINIBUL 39(2), 02.06 25-29...06 Themanummer : Canada 14-22 Gold crystal localities of British Columbia, Canada 24- 32 Minerals of...Territories, Canada 34-42 Calcite vein-dikes of the Grenville geological province, Ontario, Canada 44-48 Polybasite...Polybasite, Husky mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada 49-51 Who's who in mineral names (Joel Denison Grice...minerals in Nova Scotia 62-66 Gypsum crystals in Canada 69-71 Mississippi valley type deposits * LAPIS |  | | 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 (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...Q uebec. Inset: Location o f the DemixVarennes quarry in the Saint-Amable sill. LOCATION The Saint-Amable...River (latitude: 45°39' N; longitude: 73° 17' W; Canada National Topographic System, Map 31 H /ll , Beloeil) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals-Hardness Vandall T. King Thumbnails-Francon Quarry Norman D. Biggarl and John Reiner Chips and...Add $3.00 for subscriptions outside the U.S. and Canada. All orders by indi viduals should be paid in...ROCKS AND MINERALS easily scratched a piece of microcline and mis-identified the specimen as calcite. Most...this quarry. Ms. Sabina’s paper notes that Dresscrite has its only known occurrence at the Francon Quarry...Star Rt. 62, Box 370 pedia is also present in the quarry. Al Center Harbor, N.H. 03226 though the Canadian |
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