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Elpidite from
Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Elpidite
Formula:Na2ZrSi6O15 · 3H2O
Habit:fibrous, acicular
Colour:colourless, white
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elpidite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4837
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4837:8
GUID (UUID V4):8f70c02b-3a4d-4d2e-9065-0cb53edfa240
Nearest other occurrences of Elpidite
8.1km (5.0 miles) Lafarge Montreal East quarry (Carrière Lafarge Montréal-Est; Francon Montréal-Est quarry; Canada Cement quarry), Montréal-Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada
23.2km (14.4 miles) Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
36.2km (22.5 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 (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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0C4 Well-crystallized dawsonite, a species...relatively rare. In the Montreal region, the Francon quarry has produced some of the world’s best dawsonite...campus of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its full characterization took almost a century...dawsonite localities in the Montreal region, the Francon quarry has produced some of the world’s best dawsonite...chemist and mineralogist to the Geological Survey of Canada. As Harrington was a mineral collector1 as well
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
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
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
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 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 (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
Journal (issue)
januari 199 4 in dit nummer : mineralenparadijs canada minei aiogische krin g antwerpen vzw Oprichtingsdatum...Mont-Saint-Hilaire . Quebec . Canad a 20 00 h "CANADA : droomparadijs voo r mi nerale nve r zamelaars...vindplaatsen in he t zuidoosten van Canada (o .a . Mont-Saint-Hilaire en Francon Quarry) mag U beslis t niet missen...Monteregian Massie f Het volgende bezoek was de Poudrette Quarry . een groeve op de noordelijke flank van de Mont.... Francon Quarry, Montrea l We hadden namelijk ook een verkenning gepland van de Francon Quarry . alweer
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...cordylite-(Ce), donnayite-(Y), monteregianite-(Y), elpidite, serandite and eudidymite have been made in recent...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
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)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAGNESIO-HASTINGSITE MACROCRYSTS IN A CAMPTONITE DIKE, LAFARGE QUARRY, MONTREAL ISLAND, QUÉBEC: EARLY CRYSTALLIZATION...3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0E8, Canada ZSÓFIA WÁCZEK G}ozhajó Utca 9, HU-2000 Szentendre...Trenton Group in the MontréalEst quarry operated by Lafarge Canada Inc. The ‘‘Lafarge’’ dike is strikingly...titanium-rich magnesio-hastingsite, Lafarge quarry, Montreal Island, Canada. INTRODUCTION The Monteregian Hills...located in the Montréal-Est § ¶ quarry operated by Lafarge Canada Inc., about 13 km north of Mont Royal
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 (article/letter/editorial)
km east of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The quarries are on the 182 ROCKS AND MINERALS...fay j£*SJ Richelieu River \\ \r Rte. 229 U Quarry Mont Saint-Hilaire i ^ ^ m i Rte. 116 j\ ;...difficult. It was not until 1959, when the first quarry opened up on the northeast face of the mountain...right and the market available, he began work. The quarry produced its first load of stone for road metal...metal in 1959. A s Figure 6 shows, the Poudrette quarry was opened at the upper left of the working area
Report (issue)
com) has again come up with something new from Canada, his native country. This time Ray offers seven...from Five Islands, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. McDougall Minerals specimen and photo. Having...lingered in Mexico, let us linger a short while in Canada, where our host will be François Lortie of Collection...minerals from Canadian places including the Francon quarry, the Jeffrey mine, and the Big Fish-Rapid Creek...current offerings are specimens from the Poudrette quarry, Mont St.-Hilaire, Quebec, mostly collected, François
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6 Canada Malcolm E. BACK Department of Natural History...Ontario K1P 6P4 Canada László HORVÁTH 594 Main Road, Hudson Heights, Quebec J0P 1J0, Canada Abstract Peatite-(Y)...peralkaline Poudrette pegmatite at the Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, represents one of...Mont Saint-Hilaire (e.g., rouvilleite) and the Francon quarry, Quebec (e.g., voggite), the Tip Top pegmatite...collection of the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada): peatite(Y): specimen number M53894; ramikite-(Y):
Report (issue)
MINES AND RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 67-51 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR...Queen's Printer, Ottawa, from Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the followin$ Canadian...of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1968 - iii - Plate I. Mont St-Hilaire quarry, (GSC 135741) - v -...Kingston - Island of Montreal Kingston township quarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . McFarland quarry .. . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'. . . . . .
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
Book
Uni-Mix quarry later became known as the De-Mix quarry. A third operation, the Desourdy quarry, also became...quarries were amalgamated and renamed the Demix quarry. The quarries were extremely active during the...More important for the science of mineralogy, the quarry operators allowed collectors to visit the quarries...was Mr. Frank Melanson. He visited the Poudrette quarry shortly after it started operation and continued...at a meeting of the Mineralogical Association of Canada, and, at about the same time, Mr. Melanson and
Journal (issue)
Notes Oriented overgrowths of labuntsovite on elpidite .......... 97 by W. A. Henderson, Jr. Epididymite...2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire LE7 7Qb Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills... Grice and R. Williams The National Museums of Canada The National Museum of Natural Sciences Mineral...drilling and black-powder blasting. The first mill in Canada to extract additional fiber from rejected rock...mine, circa 1910. Photo: The Public Archives of Canada. 72 Figure 4(b). Aerial view of the Jeffrey mine
Catalog/List
6-$3.50 NALCIME: M68. Mont-St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; (a) T/N, white single xl, complete except for...Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada; (a) translucent, pale yellow tabular xls to 3...3x2.1x1-$2.50 BIOTITE: ~near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada; (a) section af a single xl, showing fairly sh...5-3.2 cm-$2.50 M154. Nanisivik, Northwest Terr., Canada; (a) yellowish translucent subparallel xls in two...more M22. Oog's Lake, Storrington Twp., Ontario, Canada; sharp single xl or group of fe~ xls, possibly
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
 
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