 | | 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 |  | | 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 (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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Crocoite Downloaded by [University of Windsor] at 20:49...vauquelinite, phoenicochroite, uvarovite, and crocoite. Of these, crocoite is perhaps best known, though not for...on the island of Tasmania, Australia. As such, crocoite is a fitting Connoisseur’s Choice topic coincident...Minerals from Down Under. As previously mentioned, crocoite occurs in a variety of reddish hues ranging from...fracture is conchoidal to uneven, and it is sectile. Crocoite is relatively soft with a Mohs hardness of 2.5 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The National Museum of Natural Sciences OTTAWA, CANADA JOEL D. GRICE Mineral Sciences Division National...Science and Technology, and the National Gallery o f Canada. This Crown Corporation comes under the respon...of Communications in the federal government of Canada. History of the National Museum of Natural Science...the Geological Survey of Canada and founder of the National Museum of Canada in 1842. Sir William Logan...Parliament buildings). In 1968 the National Museums of Canada Corporation was created and was comprised of the |  | | 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 | | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 | | crystals covering matrix. 2J.x1.;'-x1", £5.5Op 33. CROCOITE. Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Austr?lia. Specimen...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...2x1fx1 " , £4.50p WELOGANITE. Francon Qry., ~ontreal, Q ebec, Canada. Specimen A: Choice lustrous cre:Jmy |  | | Catalog/List | | platy crystalline mass. 2~-x2x1t", £3.Sop 27. CROCoITE. Kepi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Select...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"...2tx1-}", £2.2Sp 93. WELOGANITE. Francon Qry., Montreal, ~uebec, Canada. Sharp translucent creamy crystals |  | | 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 | | association. 2xltxl". £24.00. BISMUTHINITE. Shap Quarry, Shap, Westmoreland. Select, silvery grcy , bladed...with Cornetite crystals; 4x21\-xl". £16.50. 35. CROCOITE. Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, AUStralia. Very... £3.25. LAZULITE. Big Fish River, Yukon Terr., Canada. select, bright, inky blue sharp crystals to 1...2xl~-xlt". 0.25. PHLOGOPITE. Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. well formed shining light brown hexagonal crystal... -£1.25. 74. PVROXENE. WilberForce, Ontario, Canada. Select sharp terminated dark olive green elongated |  | | Journal (issue) | | may be made in local currency to the following: Canada: Mrs. J.W . Peat. 36 Oeepwood Crescent. Don Mills...(anthophyllite), grain (chondrodite), saffron (crocoite), honey (melilite), sea-water (aquamarine) and...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 |  | | Book | | Diablo, Arizona. 12 x 13 cm. (Geological Survey of Canada specimen) By studying meteorites such as this one...(Photograph by Michael Hamilton, Geological Survey of Canada) Diffirentiation of magma caused compositional...occurrences I have ever visited was exposed by the Francon quarry on Montreal P L AT E 1 4 Pyrochlore crystals...space-age technology. P L AT E I S Weloganite. Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec. 4.s-cm crystal. Named for...Quebec. Unlike most carbonatites, those in the Francon quarry occur assills. A sill is a flat, sheetlike |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | area; (Co.) county; (m.) mine; (Mf.) massif; (Q.) quarry; (N) north, northern latitude; (S) south, southern...4 – Big Fish River \(68°28`N, 136°30`W), Yukon, Canada \\1977maricite;… 1981wicksite 9 – Big Fish River...River and Rapid Creek (see below) (area) \Yukon, Canada \\1976baricite; …1986rapidcreekite 30 – Binntal...Cobalt (area) \(47°23`N, 79°40`W) (area), Ontario, Canada \\1924ferrisymplesite (Hudson Bay m.);…1972larosite...rite 8 – Francon q. \St. Michel Distr. (~46°31`N, 73°35`W), Montreal Island, Quebec, Canada \\1968w |  | | Catalog/List | | £1.50. Thin tarnished sheet on altered 38. CRoCoITE. Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Choice...5-}x4x2f". £85.00. DAWSONITE. Francon Qry. st. Michel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Small creamy sharp needly |  | | 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 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) | | row, from left) Mesolite, 5.1 cm, from the F-Line quarry, Washington; John Cornish collection. Elbaite,...prestigious awards from the Geological Society of Canada and the Canadian Mining Institute. As Peter Megaw...to become one of the pre-eminent geologists in Canada. His professional career began with Noranda Mines...followed by stints with the Geological Survey of Canada, teaching at the University of British Columbia...his travels to South America, the western US and Canada, even including programmed selections of music |  | | 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...Nanisivik Mine,Baffin Island.North West Territory,Canada Xtl group of intergrown modified pyrite cubes showing...no matrix. Good RF Ml £2 59. BARITE,Coldstones Quarry,Patley Bridge,Yorkshire.Attractive xtl groups of...fluorapophylite matrix. Pretty RF Ml.£5 112. WELOGANITE,Francon Quarry.Montreal Island.Quebec.Canada Well formed |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...and even the floor were completely covered with crocoite crystals of all sizes, from the dimensions of...prediction. In August 2012 an even more spectacular crocoite-lined watercourse was discovered in the Adelaide...follows (illustrated by some of the most exciting crocoite pocket photography ever published): “The mine...in the early 1990s. About 50 meters in, one 4 Crocoite pocket, with crystals to 5 cm, in the Adelaide |  | | Catalog/List | | minor matrix. 2-Jx2x1-J", £5-00. ANALCIME. Dean Quarry,St.Kevern,Lizard.Cornwall. Large(to about 1" in... AUGITE/CALCITE. Huddersfield --lexa.uanaaa. ,Canada, Well formed and terminated,blackishgreen coloured...00. 29. AURICHALCITE/HEMIMORPHITE. Greystones Quarry,Nr.Launceston.Cornwall. Rather nasty,cavernous...BARYTES/FLUORITE. Rock Candy Mine,Grand Forks,British Columbia,Canada. Gemmy,lemon-yellow coloured.rectangular platy... £10.00. 50- BETAFITE. Silver Crater,Ontario,Canada. Two coarse-surfaced,Iron-stained, matrix-free |
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