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Pectolite from
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Pectolite
Formula:NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Habit:prismatic, acicular, fibrous
Colour:white, grey
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Grossular51 photos of Pectolite associated with Grossular at this locality.
Diopside30 photos of Pectolite associated with Diopside at this locality.
Prehnite9 photos of Pectolite associated with Prehnite at this locality.
Apophyllite Group7 photos of Pectolite associated with Apophyllite Group at this locality.
Hessonite7 photos of Pectolite associated with Hessonite at this locality.
Chrysotile6 photos of Pectolite associated with Chrysotile at this locality.
Fluorapophyllite-(K)5 photos of Pectolite associated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) at this locality.
Manganese-bearing Vesuvianite4 photos of Pectolite associated with Manganese-bearing Vesuvianite at this locality.
Albite4 photos of Pectolite associated with Albite at this locality.
Chrome-bearing Grossular3 photos of Pectolite associated with Chrome-bearing Grossular at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pectolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (116 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22015
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22015:4
GUID (UUID V4):5d6522b1-aa68-4fef-9b6e-eb275d597a72
Nearest other occurrences of Pectolite
50.7km (31.5 miles) Normandie mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
54.0km (33.6 miles) Mine Lac d'Amiante (Lake Asbestos Mine; "LAB Mine"; "Black Lake Mine"), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
55.6km (34.5 miles) British Canadian mine (B.C. 1 mine; B.C. 2 mine; Martin mine; Black Lake mine; American mine; Dauville mine), Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
60.8km (37.8 miles) Bell mine, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
60.9km (37.8 miles) Johnson mine, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
61.3km (38.1 miles) King mine, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
65.9km (41.0 miles) Flintkote mine, Pontbriand, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
95.4km (59.3 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 (article/letter/editorial)
GROSSULAR Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources Municipalité Régional de Comté Estrie, Québec, Canada A lthough...the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Les Sources Municipalité, Régional de Comté, Estrie, Québec, Canada. The...grossular dodecahedra is commonly observed on Jeffrey mine specimens. This particular specimen is one of...single crystal of grossular from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada. The Arkenstone specimen, Joe Budd...group of grossular crystals from the Jeffrey mine, Québec, Canada. Formerly in the Charles Key collection
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The MARCO AMABILI COLLECTION Montreal Québec Canada PETER TARASSOFF Redpath Museum, McGill University...University 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Québec, Canada H3A 0C4 peter.tarassoff@mail.mcgill.ca All photos...Francesco Spertini, chief geologist, in the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Québec, 1 August 1999. Peter Tarassoff photo...Asbestos–Thetford Mines–Black Lake region of Québec, Canada. In his professional life Dr. Marco Amabili...at McGill University in Montreal, Québec, where he holds a Canada Research Chair in mechanical engineering
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...collectionneur amateur saura mettre à profit. L'auteur décrit les divers sites miniers de façon très détaillée, ce...pierre des pharaons (le lapis-lazuli). Il n'oublie non plus l'aspect pratique de l’utilisation des minéraux...l'identification des minéraux. Ce dernier élément devrait particulièrement intéresser les jeunes collectionneurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za SUGILITE Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field Northern Cape Province...field in South Africa and in one mine in particular, the Wessels mine (Dixon 1985). If it were not for...albite, allanite, aegirine, andradite, apatite, pectolite, titanite, and zircon (Anthony et al. 1995). Type...Natural History in Washington, D.C. The Wessels mine sugilite in South Africa sets the benchmark for...sugilite crystals associated with white acicular pectolite and transparent calcite, field of view 2.8 cm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Recent Discoveries at the Jeffrey Mine Asbestos, Québec Marco Amabili Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale...Hutcheson, Asbestos, Québec Canada J1T 4J8 The Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Québec, Canada, is world-famous...and well-terminated crystals of prehnite and pectolite. It is also the type locality of spertiniite and...INTRODUCTION The Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Québec, Canada, is a huge chrysotile mine which began operating...operating in 1879. The mine is worldfamous for beautiful crystals of orange grossular (see the cover of the
Journal (issue)
Design Articles Famous mineral localities: The Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Q u ebec...........................people: telephone: COVER: ADAMITE from the Ojuela mine near Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Collection of Wayne...2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire LE7 7Qb Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills...JeffreyAsbestos, Mine Quebec by J. D. Grice and R. Williams The National Museums of Canada The National Museum...Grossular crystals of exceptional quality from the Jeffrey mine at A s b e s t o s ,Qare to be found in collections
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 46 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Estrie and Gaspesie... © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1992 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...bookstores or by mail from Canada Communication Group - Publishing Ottawa, Canada K1A OS9 and from Geological...Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Canada KlA OE8 3303-33rd Street N.W., Calgary...available for reference in public libraries across Canada Cat. No. M41-8/46E ISBN 0-660-14391-7 Price subject
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
noted Figure 1. Autunite, 6.5 × 4 × 4 cm, Daybreak mine, Spokane County, Washington. Private collection...) Figure 2. Aragonite, 8 × 8 × 5 cm, Giumentaro mine, Capodarso, Enna, Sicily, Italy. internal characteristics...Figure 3. Laumontite, 12.5 × 5.7 × 4 cm, Pine Creek mine, Mount Morgan, Inyo County, California. Light Control:...back at the specimen without adding more light sources. Composing Elements In fluorescent photography...Manganesebearing calcite, 13 × 8 × 10 cm, Manaoshan mine, Dongpo orefield, Hunan, China. Reproduced with
Journal (issue)
address Articles Famous mineral localities: The Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec ............................2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire LE7 7Ob Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills...Ontario M3C 1NB COVER: ADAM ITE from the Ojuela mine near Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Collection of Wayne...JeffreyAsbestos, Mine Quebec by J. D. Grice and R. Williams The National Museums of Canada The National Museum...Grossular crystals of exceptional quality from the Jeffrey mine at Asbestos, Quebec, are to be found in collections
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
Book
À la découverte minéraux pierres précieuses des et des COLLECTION L’AMATEUR DE NATURE Sous la direction...Découvrir les minéraux et les gemmes 6 Qu’est-ce qu’un minéral ?…………………………… 6 Comment identifier les minéraux...minéraux ?… …………… 17 Les gemmes… ……………………………………… 43 Les collections de minéraux et de gemmes… …… 55 Comment...forment les minéraux ?… ………… 61 Clé d’identification… ……………………………… 67 Reconnaître les minéraux et les gemmes...03 Index des minéraux… ………………………………205 Mode d’emploi À la découverte des minéraux et des pierres précieuses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
matrix of the dykes. It is associated with albite, pectolite and hydrogrossular. Electron-microprobe analyses...unusual association (xonotlite, hydrogrossular, pectolite) was produced by the rodingitization of the leucocratic...dans l’essaim de filons leucocrates qui recoupe les péridotites du massif de Ronda, près du village de...xonotlite se présente en grains aciculaires dans des veines parallèles aux filons, en grains tabulaires...le long de la zone de réaction entre les serpentinites hôtes et les filons leucocrates, et en grains aciculaires
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
glagolevite, and calcite, with accessory wollastonite, pectolite, thomsonite-Ca, strontianite, and dolomite (Ivanyuk...of calcite, scolecite, natrolite/gonnardite, pectolite, glagolevite, andradite and magnesio-hastingsite...inclusions of fluorapatite/hydroxylapatite and pectolite. Manaevite-(Ce) is dark orange with the brownish...a new vesuvianite-group mineral from the Kombat Mine, Namibia. Eur J Mineral 31:637–646. https​://doi...rust, CN205576287U Machatschki F (1932) Zur Formel des Vesuvian. Zeitschrift für Krist Cryst Mater 81:148–152
Journal (issue)
Ann Arbor, Ml Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum...Moore Niantic, CT Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas Schwab Orleans...Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica Van Pelt...Rocks and Minerals, Hillsboro, Oregon. Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil. The Mineralogical Record (ISSN 0026-4628)...(thumbnail to miniature size) from the Eagle’s Nest mine in Placer County, California (half of them with
Journal (issue)
Groat University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Thomas Hainschwang GGTL Laboratories, Balzers,...Panczer Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France Jeffrey E. Post Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC...Mineração Peneri and is adjacent to the Nego Velho mine on the east that is famous for producing large quantities...202 2 includes the currently active São Geraldo mine; (4) the Délio Braz section, which parallels the...harness to transport personnel in and out of the mine (right); the author is shown wearing a black shirt
Catalog/List
OUTBACK MINERALS J. Andrew Jeffrey 697 Johnson Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2A7 Tel.(613) 549-6838...Outside of Canada, use an international money order. Please make payable to ’J. Andrew Jeffrey’. To cover... OUTBACK MINERALS J. Andrew Jeffrey 697 Johnson Street, Kingston,-. Ontario, Canada K7L 2A7 Tel.(613) 549-6838...SAINT-HILAIRE, QUEBEC. CANADA 0075 AEGIRINE Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada Black prismatic crystal...$12.00 0076 AEGIRINE Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada Green needles to 1mm on a seam in hornfels, Associated
Journal (issue)
Ann Arbor, Mi George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Associate...Zeolites and associated minerals from the Palabora mine, Transvaal........................................& R. S. W. Braithwaite The Lake George antimony mine, New Brunswick ..................... 263 by W. E...most of the func­ tioning museums in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. For the first time ever, curators have...July-A ugust, 1991 in the collection from a specific mine, state or country, or all the gem beryls over 20
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are lobanovite, lorenzenite, shcherbakovite, pectolite, lamprophyllite, djerfisherite, ancylite-(Ce)...the quarry wall of the Koashva apatite-nepheline mine (Figure 1b). The marginal zone (0.2−1 m) is composed...aggregates with grey nepheline and irregularly shaped pectolite aggregates up to 15 cm in size with brown grains...irregularly shaped nodules of pectolite and natrolite up to 80 cm in size. Pectolite and natrolite aggregates...vesuvianite-group member from the Jeffrey mine, asbestos, Estrie region, Québec, Canada. Mineral. Petrol. 2017,
Catalog/List
OUTBACK MINERALS J. Andrew Jeffrey 697 Johnson Street Kingston, Ontario Canada K7L 2A7 Tel. (613) 549-6838...Andrew Jeffrey Outback Minerals I I OUTBACK MINERALS Canadian Mineral Specimens J. Andrew Jeffrey 697...697 Johnson Sleet, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2A7 Tel. (613) 549-6838 Outback Minerals is a business...Outside of Canada, use international money orders. Please make payable to ’J. Andrew Jeffrey’. To cover... OUTBACK MINERALS J. Andrew Jeffrey, 20163 Lakeshore, Bale d’Urfd, Quebec, Canada H9X 1P8 Tel.(514) 457-6252
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 (issue)
Apophyllite and Chalcedony Pseudoinorphs after Pectolite Bradley D. Plotldn bdpchab@optonline.net In the...described epimorphs of several minerals after pectolite hemispheres. Shortly after that issue I had the...which were pseudomorphs after pectolite. Stevensite and talc after pectolite were omitted as these particular...and laumontite after a hemispherical growth of pectolite was recently found at Prospect Park, New Jersey...specimen is made up of a remnant rind of altered pectolite approximately 1mm_inthickness. The specimen consists
Report (issue)
brucite of yore from the Tilly Foster mine in New York or Wood’s Chrome mine in Pennsylvania. In that the new...suggests material found in 2005 in the N’Chwaning III mine in South Africa, but N’Chwaning brucite is graywhite...fine cerussite specimens from the old Monteponi mine, Sardinia, Italy, which Tomek Praszkier of Spirifer...finds in the 1980s in an old, presumably unnamed mine on the property of the Piquín farmhouse in Córdoba...= Leifite, 8.8 cm, from St.-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Collection Arkane specimen and photo. Elpidite
Journal (issue)
with ilmenite inclusions and sapphires from other sources housing hexagonal haematite flakes, will at least...Poirot, J. (1980) A propos du traitement thermique des Gemmes. Z.Dt.Gemmol.Ges., 29,/2, 58-61. Sasaki, E...Verlag, Vienna, 1928.) Webster, R. Gems, Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification, 3rd edn, Newnes-Butterworths...ordinary gemmologists, who may well be from trade sources (as I was). Despite the facts of today's requirements...feel I must add sound. A non-gemmologist friend of mine—a successful gem merchant—can distinguish between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A Visit to the Jeffrey Open Pit Mine in Asbestos, Quebec, Canada Second Edition is a feature which reruns...I N E R A L S ' history. This article on the Jeffrey mine originally appeared in the October 1967 issue...Chamberlain on new minerals dis­ covered at the Jeffrey mine (page 188 of this issue). GARDINER E. GREGORY...now the site o f the open pit Jeffrey mine, the largest asbestos mine i n the Free World. It is presently...average o f 550,000 tons of asbestos fiber a year. The mine is owned and operated by the Canadian Johns-Mansville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper, and Diopside from THE JEFFREY MINE IN ASBESTOS, QUEBEC, CANADA S T E V E N C. C H A M B E R...report on the mineralogy of the Johns-Manville Jeffrey mine at Asbestos, Quebec. Here are reported several...several discover­ ies that have been made at the mine since that paper was pub­ lished. A l l of the material...biotite, pink gros­ sular, and pale prehnite and pectolite crystals. The majority of this material is best...Previously wollastonite has been reported from the Jeffrey mine as white, fine-grained masses; as long, white
 
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