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


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Xonotlite
Formula:Ca6(Si6O17)(OH)2
Habit:fine-grained massive, fibrous, splintery
Colour:white
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Xonotlite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22023
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22023:3
GUID (UUID V4):1a44d012-e8e8-46d5-9957-f9d8262bcca9
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 41, pp. 161-170 (2003) XONOTLITE IN RODINGITE ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE RONDA PERIDOTITES...Vasco, a.p. 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain ABSTRACT Xonotlite, ideally Ca6Si6O17(OH)2, occurs as a major phase...near the village of Carratraca, Málaga, Spain. Xonotlite occurs as acicular grains in veins parallel to...acicular and tabular xonotlite, and (Ca6.11)(Si5.92Al0.03)O17(OH)2 for xonotlite replacing hydrogrossular...hydrogrossular. X-ray powder-diffraction patterns of xonotlite show the presence of two polytypes: M2a2b2c and
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)
vesuvianite crystals to about 1 cm tall from Bellecombe, Val d’Aosta, Italy. from this. Based on their optical...referred to as the Goodall quarry, the Goodall farm mine, and the Webster quarry. The long, productive history...perhaps the classic American vesuvianite locale. The Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec, has yielded fine vesuvianite...examples of these specimens through commercial sources. Robert J. Lauf is a materials scientist who recently... Figure 4 (above). Manganoan vesuvianite from Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec. Specimen is about 3 cm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
groupings: 5 monomineralic veins of pectolite, of xonotlite, - 112 to - 135; all other minerals, including...serpentinites. The D/H data, combined with 6i”O values of xonotlite (+5.7 to + 10.9) and pectolite (+8.9 to + 12.4)...isotopic data for most rodingite minerals (except xonotlite and pectolite) and for whole rocks are suggestive...minerals, with the exception of late-stage veins of xonotlite and possibly pectolite, may involve metasomatism...minerals, from experimental studies showing that xonotlite forms from reactions between Ca’+-OHtype waters
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
aerial view of the Ruberoid Corporation Asbestos mine, ca. 1960. Frank L. Forward photo. A Belvidere...postcard of the initial three-story mill at the Eden mine that opened in May 1902 but closed later in the... we and our colleagues, being familiar with the mine, decided that it is important to document this famous...terrain in this region of Vermont. Drainage from the mine site follows either the Burgess Branch north to...developers. 512 ROCKS & MINERALS drains into Québec then southwest to Lake Champlain) or the Hutchins
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 (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
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
price paid for the mineral(s). CTINCX..ITE: M179. Mine Mompti, Spain; (a) rich vuggy intergrown prisms...6-$3.50 NALCIME: M68. Mont-St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; (a) T/N, white single xl, complete except for...an rock; 1.5-3 cm-$1.50 NHYDRITE: M204. Campiano Mine, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy; good for species; pale...shaped rock; 6xS.3x3-S12.50 -~ AUTUNITE:M95. Oaybreak Mine, Spokane, Washington; (a) 5 xls & groups, 1-1 .8...(e) 6x3.6x1 .5-$20.00 AZURITE:M37. United Verde Mine, Jerome, Arizona; (a) lustrous ball af intergrcwn
Journal (issue)
Ann Arbor, MI Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum...Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas Schwab Orléans...Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica Van Pelt...crystal, 10.5 cm, with quartz, from the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan, China. Private collection; Jeff Scovil photo...well before the moisture and dust of an operating mine had had time to exert their destructive influences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
interesting issues through your normal library sources, please contact the offices of the individual journals...gabbroic intrusions of the Pants Lake area, Labrador, Canada: Implications for the development of magmatic sulfides...determination of mercury speciation and mobility in mine waste —Chris Sladek and Mae Sexauer Gustin 927...Yukon–Tanana terrane in the Finlayson Lake region, Yukon, Canada—Stephen J. Piercey, James K. Mortensen, and Robert... 1056 INTERESTING PAPERS IN OTHER JOURNALS Xonotlite in rodingite assemblages from the Ronda peridotites
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 (issue)
new cover. The titles were redesigned by artist Jeffrey Donnellon of Swan Lake, New York. His design provides...(Jack) Baum offers an in-depth look at the Parker mine and its famous minerals with a thought provoking...places currently in production at the Sterling Hill mine. We have done so at the request of the new management...D. What Is New at Sterling Hill. 3 The Parker Mine by John L. Baum A Great Period of Discovery. 7...and Research Reports. Cover Graphics courtesy of Jeffrey Donnellon, Swan Lake, NY Improving our Image.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reported it as a possible high-pressure polymorph of xonotlite occurring below 450 ~ and in excess of 2o kb....the rosenhahnite were veins of pectofite and xonotlite. Recently, Dunn (I975) has reported the first...approximates the ideal formula CaaSi3Os(OH)2 given by Jeffrey and Lindley (1973). It would appear that the mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JanuaryEebruary: Cerussite and fluorite, Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New Mexico. Peter J. Modreski photo...photo. MarchlApril: Wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona. Vienna Natural History Museum specimen, 0. Medenbach...Medenbach photo. May/June: Legrandite, Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...Grossular, Lowell, Vermont. Robert Whitmore specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo. September/October: Rhodochrosite...quartz, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo. NovemberDecember:
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
conclusionthat gyrolite was metastablewith respectto xonotlite (6CaO'6SiOz.HzO) and quartz. He did not observe... 2SiOz - 2Hzo), nekoite (Cao . 2Sior. 2Ezo), xonotlite (6Cao . 6Sioz.H2O), and t h e t o b e r m o r...CaOisilicic acid CaOisilicic acid CaO*silicic acid X :Xonotlite R+G :Reyerite-gyrolite mixed layer material (...thin hexagonal flakes, fibrous "tobermorite" and xonotlite as fibers. CSHI is present as ,,crumpled foils...strong arcs correspondto either tobermorite or xonotlite. Some electron micrographsseem to suggestthat
Report (volume)
Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 Kirkland Lake – Rouyn-Noranda – Val-d’Or, Ontario and...Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2003 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR...Rouyn-Noranda – Val-d’Or, Ontario and Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2003 ©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2003...ISBN 0-660-19062-1 Available in Canada from Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français
Journal (issue)
M. Gressm an tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic...COVER: METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo...or $315 / three years, (Canada) $180 / one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription...(1989) and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of...west of the Mackenzie River Delta. The Nanisivik mine on Baffin Island was another prolific locality pioneered
Journal (issue)
Ann Arbor, MI Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum...Pagano Milan, Italy Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas Schwab Orléans...Northbrook, IL Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica Van Pelt...1979 with an article on the Sweet Home mine. He mined the Dixie mine in Idaho Springs for leaf gold and crystallized...including Huanuni, Viloco, Llallagua, the San Jose mine in Oruro, Tasna, Morococala, Chicote Grande, and
Catalog/List
lllSMUTI-IINl'fE IN CI-IALCOl'YRITI!:, Fowey Consols mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. I0.5x6.5x4. l cm. A strangely...bismuthinite present. £175. 5. BLISTER COPPER, Dolcoath mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 7x7x3cm. A chalcopyrite variety...Cornwall. Fantastic pecimen. £275. 13ORNITE, Tincrort mine, Redruth, Cornwall. 8x6x4.6cm. I\ sandy coloured...David New label. £275. 7. IJOURNONITE, Herodsfool mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. 6.5x5x3.Jcm. A quartz matrix...specimen. £ 150. CALCITE ON PYRITE, New Rosewarne mine, Gwincar, Cornwall. 8. S.7x5.5x3cm. A light coloured
Journal (issue)
ANALCIM Е FROM THE NIZHNAYA TUNGUSKA RIVER Les Wagner, Jr JEFFREY A. SCOVIL - GEM AND MINERAL PHOTOGRAPHER4...prices to: Christian Montabone 872 Avenue du Pont des Dames 62 400 Bethune, FRANCE • v i i nsiweiбеr8...xenon, and deuterium lamps) and ultraviolet laser sources is the easiest to observe. The samples exhibit... The cooling is usually not required if laser sources are used. In the world of minerals there are two...calcite; crystal aggregates 15 cm in size. Vеrklinii Mine, Dabugorsk, Pпmorskii Krai, Russia. Specimen: V
Journal (issue)
more complex picture of prehistoric turquoise sources and trade routes, nevertheless Cerrillos stands...out because of the extensiveness of its ancient mine workings and its prolonged tri-cultural history...the first paragraph above, along with the Ashio mine in Japan, and other mines in Peru. Cornwall. Colorado...importance to collectors, include rocks altered by coal mine fires, and smeller slags. The late Dr. Fred Pough...per year, or $46.00 for two years; addresses in Canada and Mexico are US$48.00 per year, or US$90.00 for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PENINSULA Wayne County International Salt C o . mine—Detroit Alpena County National G y p s u m C o... palygorskite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite Spurr mine—Imperial Heights (near Michigamme) clinochlore var...selenite U . S . G y p s u m C o . quarry T a y l o r mine (and outcrops)—Alberta barite (r), goethite, graphite...manganite, pyrite, pyrolusite, quartz Jackson County Jeffrey (John C . ) quarry (c)—Parma aragonite, calcite...pyrite Kent C o u n t y Grand Rapids Gypsum C o . mine—Wyoming Delta C o u n t y (old quarry east of
 
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