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Mesolite from
Nova Scotia, Canada


Locality type:Province
Classification
Species:Mesolite
Formula:Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chabazite3 photos of Mesolite associated with Chabazite at this locality.
Stilbite Subgroupā“˜2 photos of Mesolite associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Stilbite-Ca2 photos of Mesolite associated with Stilbite-Ca at this locality.
Chrysocolla2 photos of Mesolite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Laumontite1 photo of Mesolite associated with Laumontite at this locality.
Thomsonite-Caā“˜1 photo of Mesolite associated with Thomsonite-Ca at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mesolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:210322
Long-form Identifier:1:3:210322:8
GUID (UUID V4):082edfd2-5203-408a-82b8-6a5ef9790121
Localities for Mesolite in this Region
Gate's Mountain, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Margaretsville, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Port George, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Port Lorne, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
St. Croix Cove, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Cape d'Or (Cap d'Or), Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Advocate Bay side, Cape D'Or (Cap D'Or), Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Bennet Brook, Cape D'Or (Cap D'Or), Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Horseshoe Cove, Cape D'Or (Cap D'Or), Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Pinnacle Rock, Five Islands, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Digby Gut, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Mink Cove, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Prim Point, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Amethyst Cove (Captain Kidd's Cove), Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Arlington quarry, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Black Rock, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Canada Creek, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Harbourville, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Morden, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Victoria Harbour, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
North Mountain, Nova Scotia, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
LEONHARDITE 65 LEVYNITE= LEVYNE 67 MAZZITE 70 MESOLITE 71 MORDENITE (PTILOLITE) 75 NATROLITE 78...Cowlitz County, Keeneenan Highwood Mts. County CANADA NOVASCOTIA Cape Blomidon, Wasson's QUEBEC Mt...locations. Creek, Baltimore Co. San Benito CANADA NOVA SCOTIA Bay of Fundy, Was son's Bluff, Five Island...basalts, natrolite, scolecite, heulandandite, mesolite, and ea lcite are occasionally mistaken for...regions both in Ontario, granitic for Echellite Canada, rock masses. taken place is generally unknown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tle natrolite group, natrolite, scolecite, and mesolite, from ten difierent Iocalities have been examined...single temperature range, whereas scolecite and mesolite lose their water in two and three stages respectively...natrolite, while t}le water molecules in scolecite and mesolite consist, respectively, of two and three types...scolecite collapses structurally at 560' C. and mesolite at a still lower temperature of 490o C. This is...becauseits members, natrolite, scolecite, and mesolite, have a relatively simple and definite composition
Report (Issue volume)
Volume III NEW BRUNSWICK NOVA SCOTIA PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NEWFOUNDLAND Ann P. Sabina MISCELLANEOUS...MISCELLANEOUS REPORT 8 Issued by THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa...mail from information Canada, Ottawa, and at the following information Canada bookshops: HALIFAX i 735...equipment 5 ā€¢ Care of specimens 6 ā€¢ Collecting in Canada 6 ā€¢ Mineral and rock sets 7 ā€¢ Abbreviations used...used in references 11 ā€¢ NEW BRUNSWICK 31 ā€¢ NOV A SCOTIA and PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 67 ā€¢ NEWFOUNDLAND 89
Report (issue)
-------------------------------------------3. Mesolite----------------------------------------------...the natrolite group-natrolite, scolecite, and mesolite-suggest minerals of fixed composition. From his...Ca ion and 3 H 20 molecules in scolecite. The mesolite formula corresponds compositionally to 1 molecule...natrolite and scolecite, and twelfth cell ratios for mesolite. Dl D2 SHORTER CONTRIBUTIONS TO GENERAL GEOLOGY...Corporation quarry, Mount Royal, Canada, Harrington, B. J., 1905. Royal Soc. Canada Trans., v. 11, p. 25. 3.
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; South Shore,... Nova Scotia Ann P. Sabina 2015 Ann P. Sabina 1930-2015 Ann will be remembered for her dedication...career in mineralogy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral...for the Collectorā€, 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
Report (issue)
Mesolite Na2Ca2 Al6 Si9 O30 Ā² 8H2 O c 2001 Ā° Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...and Gates Mountain, and at Cape Blomiden, Nova Scotia, Canada. In the USA, on Table Mountain, JeĀ®erson...Vezzalini (1982) The crystal chemistry of natrolite, mesolite and scolecite. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Abh., 143...J.J. Pluth (1986) X-ray structure reĀÆnement of mesolite. Acta Cryst., C42, 937{942. All rights reserved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reason. MESOLITE By PAUL CHRISTIANSON 4904 Dradie Ave., Pasco, Washington 99301 Mesolite is a mineral...collected mesolite I thought I would write an article on this beautiful mineral. Mesolite is found in...which contain related or associated zeolites. Mesolite is intermediate between natrolite and scolecite...calcium and aluminum. According to Xray study mesolite is monoclinic and found in acicular and capillary...crystals or in tufts of radiating crystals. The mesolite which I collected from Ritter Hot Springs, Grant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
An Introduction to Minerals in N o va Scotia Downloaded by [University of Connecticut] at 13:05 19...DOMMELEN 1750B Cambridge Street Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4A9 dommelen@dal.ca TERRY COLLETT 26...26 Gourok Avenue Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada B2X 2B3 terry.collett@ns.sympatico.ca Except as noted, all...the authorsā€™ collections. T he province of Nova Scotia has long been renowned for its geologic resources...and barite. The first gold rush in Canada took place in Nova Scotia in the 1860s, thirty years before
Book
... Natrolite, Tetranatrolite, Paranatrolite, Mesolite, Scolecite ........................ Thomsonite...Karsten 1808) Scolecite: Gehlen and Fuchs (1813) Mesolite: Fuchs and Gehlen (1816) Gismondine: Leonhard...1.1 Natrolite, Tetranatrolite, Paranatrolite, Mesolite, Scolecite Natrolite Na16(All~i240so) Fdd2 a...19.07 b = 19.13 C= 6.58(A) Na16(All~i240so)' Mesolite Scolecite NaI6CaI6(AI4sSi72024o) . 64H 20 Fdd2...proposed, for the intermediate member, the name mesolite from the Greek peaov = middle and AI&O<; = stone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MESOLITE By D O N A L D J . G O O D E L L R.D. 1, Box 3 6 - M - 2 2 , Valatie, N. Y . 1 2 1 8 4 M E...intergrown with natrolite, scolecite, or thomsonite. MESOLITE is a hydrous sodium-calĀ­ cium alumino-silicate...mineral from Paterson called "natrolite" is probably MESOLITE. Matted tufts of long delicate MESOĀ­ L I T E fibers...E is known from the Bay of Fundy area of Nova Scotia, Canada. Fine interlacing crystals called "cottonstone"...Iceland, M E S O L I T E has been collected in fine MESOLITE X L S - from During the summer of 1969 I attended
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reason. MESOLITE By PAUL CHRISTIANSON 4904 Dradie Ave., Pasco, Washington 99301 Mesolite is a mineral...collected mesolite I thought I would write an article on this beautiful mineral. Mesolite is found in...which contain related or associated zeolites. Mesolite is intermediate between natrolite and scolecite...calcium and aluminum. According to Xray study mesolite is monoclinic and found in acicular and capillary...crystals or in tufts of radiating crystals. The mesolite which I collected from Ritter Hot Springs, Grant
Report (issue)
specimen; Joe Budd photo. The always-interesting, Canada-based website of David K. Joyce Minerals (davidkjoyceminerals...from the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, of which the most notable, I think, is mesolite, in miniature to small-cabinet-size...well-articulated spherical aggregates of radiating acicular mesolite crystals on stilbite, the spheres to several centimeters...centimeters in diameter. Specifically, the mesolite specimens come from Cap dā€™Or; also new from this...==================ļ‚„ Mesolite, 6.7 cm, from Cap dā€™Or, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. David K. Joyce Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CXEMISTaY, UNIVERSlT'r OF KING's COLLEGE,WZ~DSOR, NOVA SCOTIA. (Oorre,ponding ~ember.) (IX. (7o~t~m~t f~'o~...not occur here, but whose name has been given to mesolite, etc. I t is found alone, and associated with...characters of Mordenite, as distinct from those of Mesolite and other fibrous zeolites. Prof. C. U. Shepherd...1876), with separate blades of brilliant lustre, (mesolite ?) running through it; it was translucent and...tolerably familiar with the trap minerals of Nova Scotia, for it was not a little remarkable to see in
Journal (issue)
and Margaret Symonds 48 The SMLS Directory Nova Scotia Minerals 48 John Stevens Dates for Your Diary/...associate members from Hampshire, Wigan, Durham, Nova Scotia <Canada) and Houston, Texas . Members' interests..."21st". If any of you are planning a visit to Nova Scotia please come and see us - we are on@ly a phone...Epidote crystals some decorated with tufts of Mesolite? can1e to light. Talisker Bay as usual was delightful...crystals to 12mm. associated with 'cotton-wool' Mesolite and an unidentified platy zeolite. Most of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Famous Mineral Localities of Canada Joel D. Grice Sammendrag pa norsk Canada kan inndeles i fire fysiogeografiske...sedimenter med store praerielandskap. Det sentrale Canada utgjores av det kanadiske skjoldet som bestar av...bergarter. Appalachene langs den ostlige delen av Canada er en eroded fjellkjede dan net av sedimenter som...heksagonale tavler av catapleiitt. Ved Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, finnes vidstrakte omrader med basalt fra trias-perioden...thousand kilometers that comprise the breadth of Canada will have noted stunning differences in the surface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Natrolite NazAlzSi:Oro.2HsO a:b:c:0 9786:1:0.3536 Mesolite {( I:,A],!1a!'o'z{zo I a:b:c: 0.9747:t : 0. 3122...from complete, since natrolite is orthorhombic, mesolite is triclinic, and scoleciteis monoclinic. It is...therefore important to learn to what extent natrolite, mesolite and scoleciteform mix-crystals. For this purpose... All of the "superior" analysesof natrolite, mesolite and scolecite are plotted on Fig. 2. A mere glance...suggestingany important amount of solid solution is mesolite 37 which was made by Glinkag to show changesfrom
Report (issue)
Queen's Printer, Ottawa, from Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the following Canadian...available for reference in public libraries across Canada Price 75 cents Catalogue No. ~44.64110 Price...Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1964 CONTENTS Page ...........................Introduction Section 1: St . 1 4 . Stephen .Nova Scotia B o r d e r ............................... ...deposit Shubenacadie clay deposit National Gypsum (Canada) Limited q u a r r y Oldham g o l d m i n e Waverley
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
normal formula is plainly in the direction of mesolite (with Ca: Nar:2 ' 1;. rn very few of the analyses...and Blggild6 has observed that intergrowth of mesolite and thomsonite does actually occur. It might be...likely that a definite species intermediate between mesolite and thomsonite exists. The name "faroelite" has...composition and indices, is evidently the same mineral; mesolite shows t h e s t i l l l o w e rv a l u e s ":6:1...diagranr no doubt represent mixtures of it with mesolite; those lying between it and thomsonite are correspondingiy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
markedly amygdaloidal, but occasionally analcime upon mesolite may be observed: I n the harder and more basaltic...reddishwhite, massive tobermorite, apparently upon mesolite. The species tobermorite has also not been hitherto...statement 3 be correct, the order of deposition in Nova Scotia is the reverse of that observed in Scotland,
Book
found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples were...gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite and wellsite)... ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite, and gonnardite have...have the same framework. Natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite all have a dominantly ordered framework, with...ANALCIME HARMOTOME NATROLITE LAUMONTTITE SCOLECITE MESOLITE GISMONDINE THOMSONITE HEULANDITE BREWSTERlTE EDINGTONITE
Book
found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples were...gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite and wellsite)... ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite, and gonnardite have...have the same framework. Natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite all have a dominantly ordered framework, with...ANALCIME HARMOTOME NATROLITE LAUMONTTITE SCOLECITE MESOLITE GISMONDINE THOMSONITE HEULANDITE BREWSTERlTE EDINGTONITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
roup(natrolite, tetranatrolite, paranatrolite, mesolite, scolecite,thomsonite, gonnardite, edingtonite...data from the literature indicate that natrolite, mesolite, scolecite,edingtonite, and tetraedingtonits show...new insights into 3 Nau$Cas$Al,6sirooe21.33H"O Mesolite the nature of the crystalline solution series...wto/oHrO expected for natrolite, tetranatrolite, mesolite, scolecite,or thomsonite is added to the oxide...(orthorhombic) Tetranatrolite (tetragonal) Spacegroup Mesolite (orthorhombic) Thomsonite (orthorhombic) Gonnardite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stilbite, laumontite, thomsonite, natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, and their associated minerals. Most...Jersey traprocks rank with similar occurrences in Nova Scotia, Iceland, Scotland, and India for the quality...However, the three prismatic zeolites,ā€”natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite, can only be distinguished one
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A. L. Parsons:2 Heulandite from Digby Cut, Nova Scotia. K. H. Scheumann:3 Heulandite from Berufiord...Chabazite Phillipsite Stilbite Harmotome Natrolite Mesolite Scolecite Edingtonite Gismondite Laumontite Heulandite...Chabazite Levynite Scolecite Edingtonite Feldspar Mesolite Gismondite Phillipsite Gmelinite Thomsonite Natrolite...isomorphous seriesof the feldspar type. 2. Natrolite, mesolite and scolecite are three independent zeolites of...either of fixed composition, Iike natrolite and mesolite, or they vary in composition exactly as the feldspars
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Studies on the zeolites. Vol. XXlII. Part V. Mesolite. 1 By MAX H. I-IEY, M.A., B.Sc. With X-ray measurements...natrolite and scolecite as the endmembers, and mesolite merely an intermediate isomorphous mixture. The...The frequent occurrence of intergrowths of mesolite with natrolite or scolecite is largely responsible...been analysed as mesolite from time to time. Doubts as to the individuality of mesolite have persisted...the correctness of their conclusions: natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite are three distinct and separate
 
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