 | | 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 |  | | 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) | | © 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 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 (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 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 (issue) | | may be made in local currency to the following: Canada: Mrs. J.W . Peat. 36 Oeepwood Crescent. Don Mills...Szaibelyite Realgar Sulfates Sphalerite Barite-celestine Oxides Epsomite Brannerite Chromite Goethite Hematite...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 |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...clay-like material that proved to be powdery celestine mixed with microscopic calaverite and kaolinite;...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 |  | Robinson, George W., Dix, George R., Richards, R. Peter, Picard, Michel (2011) Minerals of the Beekmantown Group, Southeastern Ontario, Southern Quebec, and Northwestern New York. Rocks & Minerals, 86 (6) 546-562 doi:10.1080/00357529.2011.622227 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | famous localities as Mont Saint-Hilaire and the Francon quarry in southern Quebec, or classics such as Pierrepont...Ordovician siliciclastic- Figure 1 (below). The Marcil quarry near Ste-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay, Quebec, as it...University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 gdix@ccs.carleton.ca R. PETER RICHARDS...Nature PO Box 3443, Station D Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 6P4 mpicard@mus-nature.ca Figure 2 (left)...mineralized stratum exposed in the St-Eustache quarry, St-Eustache, Quebec (October 1994). Michel Picard |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | this fluorite and dolomite specimen from Penfield quarry, near Rochester, New York, have been self-collected...R C H / A P R I L 1981 51 Figure 10: White celestine crystals, Miniera Figure Floristella, Enna,...crystals with calcite crystals, Prince's Soapstone quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania...Cream-colored catapleiite with epididymite, De-Mix quarry, Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec (3.5 cm). Figure 52:...Figure 53: Yellow and tan weloganite crystals, Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebee (3.5 cm). M A R C H / A |  | | 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) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | massive from a vein in a dolerite sill at Embleton quarry, near Cockermouth, Cumberland. A. W. G. Kingsbury...Orange-brown cleavages on vein quartz, at Merehead quarry, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Specimen found...(2 cm) from a pegmatite vein in the old aplite quarry at Meldon, Okehampton, Devon. A. W. G. Kingsbury...cleavable masses in hydrocerussite, etc., at Merehead quarry, Somerset. C. J. Alabaster (i975) , Proe. Bristol...with feldspar from a pegmatite in the old aplite quarry at Meldon, Okehampton, Devon. A. W. G. Kingsbury |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | world. At present it is found in Myanma (Burma), Canada, Madagascar, Brasil, Kenya, Tanzania, Sri Lanka...exposed at the Pegmatiteing large gemmy crystals from Canada (100 3 occurrence, beryl was represented by carats)...Creek, Richardson Range. 70 km NW ofAklavik, Yukon, Canada, 68° 39' N, 136° 48' W: ! augelite; *1976 — baricite;...Eldorado, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada: silver, uraninite: (U I-deposit was discovered...pyrite xls. Klondike — gold mining district, Yukon, Canada: gold; 1898 — "gold rush"; the town of Dawson — |  | | Book | | © 2011 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All rights reserved. No part of this publication...Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S.) Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Tait, Kimberly. Tait...States by Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc. Published in Canada by Firefly Books Ltd. PO. Box 1338, Ellicott Station...at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photography: Brian Boyle, MPA, FPPO, and Miguel...publishing program by the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund as administered by the Department |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals, Rocks and Gemstones, 352 CAGNET (M.), FRANCON (M.), & THRIERR (J. C.), Atlas optischer Erseheinungen...replacement by stannite & by pyrrhotine, 339 Celestine, Staffordshlre, Ixxxvi (~.RN~? (P.), Epididymite...Faroelite, Antrim & Iceland, 173, 187 Fayalite, Canada & Massachusetts, anal., X-ray, 730; Pantelleria...X-ray, 281 Foresite, a mixture, 260 Forsterite, Canada, anal., X-ray, 730 Framework structures, tetrahedrally...Olivine, determination of by X-rays, 730, 742; Canada & U.S.A., anat., X-ray, 730; Derbyshire, anal. |  | | Book | | fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its production of...Berge, and Kurt Ediarn (Norway); Gilles Haineault (Canada); Markku Lehtinen (Finland); Bob Smith (South Africa);...syenite batholith at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Mont Saint- Hilaire provides a large variety...mine at Grafton, New Hampshire, and the Strickland quarry in Portland, Connecticut. Fluorapatite, which fluoresces...comes from the Millington quarry in Rocky Hill. From the Chimney Rock quarry near Somerville, there is |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire LE7 7Qb Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills...Independent Tucson Show 1980, Desert Inn SULFUR, CELESTINE, GREEN A RA G O N ITE, Fine specimens and crystals...o f other attractive minerals including blue celestine, clear gypsum, sulfur and amethystine quartz occur...demand, numerous other species including stibnite, celestine and sulfur have been collected. As is commonly...chalcopyrite in the quartz seam at Boccheggiano. Celestine is common at both mines. It occurs most commonly |  | | 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, |  | | Journal (issue) | | associated with sulfides. An exception is found at Nant Francon, North Wales, where pyrosmalite occurs in an iron-rich...382-402. BROWN, P.E. (1959): Pyrosmalite from Nant Francon, North Wales, Min. Mag., 32, 242-244. DANA, E.S...Fluorapophyllite Caryopilite Adamite Fluorite Celestine Adelite Forsterite Celsian Aegirine Franklinfurnaceite...Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario KIP 6P4, Canada, and Pete J. Dunn, Department of Mineral Sciences...Dump, Evans Street, Franklin, N.J. Bodnar/Edison Quarry, Rudeville, N.J. (Crystal Springs). * * * * * * | | | Book | | fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its production of...Berge, and Kurt Ediarn (Norway); Gilles Haineault (Canada); Markku Lehtinen (Finland); Bob Smith (South...syenite batholith at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Mont Saint- Hilaire provides a large variety...mine at Grafton, New Hampshire, and the Strickland quarry in Portland, Connecticut. Fluorapatite, which fluoresces...comes from the Millington quarry in Rocky Hill. From the Chimney Rock quarry near Somerville, there is |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | n u s u a l quartz crystals form the Tidewater quarry, Glen Allen, Virginia by E Grundel 2:15 C o m p...advanced collector specializing in the minerals of Canada. He has been a frequent RMSexhibitor and participant...sutures. UNUSUAL QUARTZ CRYSTALS FROM T H E TIDEWATER QUARRY, GLEN ALLEN, VIRGINIA. Erich Grundel. 2000 S. 2nd...thumbnail-sized piece of granite from the Tidewater Quarry, Glen Allen, Virginia. The morphology of these...finest specimen of crystallized gold known from Canada. I t shows parallel development o f skeletal octahedra |
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Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada