 | | 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 |  | | 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 (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 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 |  | | 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 | | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Survey of Canada by Ann P. Sabina). Quebec Francon Quarry The Francon quarry in Montreal is famous...dis covered what appears to be a first for the quarry—cube faces on analcime. This mineral almost always...trapezohedron with a cube modification. CANADA Newfoundland Hematite Ms. Brenna Lorenz of Syracuse, New York..."dresserite" examined. It was identified in the quarry by an "expert." On the specimens were gray botryoids...also available as tiny, loose crystals. Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos The following note comes from D r . Steve |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W o r l d News on Mineral Occurrences CANADA V A N D A L L T. KING Ward's Natural Science Establishment...sylvite, and anhydrite. Quebec Francon quarry The large Francon quarry in Montreal is located in a residential...little or no land available for expanding the quarry. The economics of dig ging deeper for the construction-grade...of mining offsets transportation costs. The Francon quarry is world-famous for being the first (or only)...are found at the Francon quarry. Dawsonite was first found in a quarry near the Francon. The city of Montreal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 856 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2 Department of Geological Sciences, McGill University...University, 3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2A7 Received January 7, 1992/Accepted August...1992 Abstract. Ordovician limestones in the Francon quarry on the island of Montreal, Quebec, are host...hydrous carbonate, first identified in the Francon quarry. Four types of inclusions have been recognized...reported from the Montreal area including the Francon quarry where it is a major mineral in three felsic |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | may be made in local currency to the following: Canada: Mrs. J.W . Peat. 36 Oeepwood Crescent. Don Mills...color of blood (when pow dered) as mammillary hematite, and the common folk would be in awe of their...(aquamarine) and the already-mentioned blood (hematite), to name only a few. “All in the past,” I thought...Barite-celestine Oxides Epsomite Brannerite Chromite Goethite Hematite Heterogenite Magnetite Pyrolusite 72 Figure 6...Blount Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 The Jeffrey quarry, near North Little Rock, Arkansas, has produced |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | crystal about 2cm tall and one cm across. Francon Quarry, Quebec Canada £50 2. BERYLLONITE translucent to...Ontario, Canada £30 4. CUBANITE two intergrown brassy crystals about 8mm overall size Quebec Canada) £20...slightly pink on 1,5 x 1,5 matrux Jeffery Mine, Quebec Canada £20 9. DANBURITE very large single crystal about...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £ I 0 21. HYDROZINCITE visible with...colourless glassy crystals on large Ixl inch rock osa quarry near Rome Italy £8 Fluorescent green with short |  | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals-Hardness Vandall T. King Thumbnails-Francon Quarry Norman D. Biggarl and John Reiner Chips and...Add $3.00 for subscriptions outside the U.S. and Canada. All orders by indi viduals should be paid in...this quarry. Ms. Sabina’s paper notes that Dresscrite has its only known occurrence at the Francon Quarry...Star Rt. 62, Box 370 pedia is also present in the quarry. Al Center Harbor, N.H. 03226 though the Canadian...ANY SPECIMEN THAT Plagioclasc a mineral at the quarry, private communique identifies this minera WILL |  | | Catalog/List | | mass nearly lxl inch with Hydrocerussite. Merehead Quarry Mendips £35 9. SIMPSONITE Orange cleavage mass...5mm across on lxl with small quartz crystals Francon Quarry Montreal Quebec £25 14. VESUVIANITE lxl inch...inch matrix Pancake Bay, lake Superior Ontario Canada £10 £12 2x3 18. BERYLLONITE (pictured left)...(Henderson# 2 mine, 3250 level, Chibugamu, Quebec Canada) £12 24. CUPRIAN MELANTERITE rich bluish-green...in magnetite Whitehorse Mine, Whitehorse, Yukon Canada 2xl.5 inch £18 30_ PALYGORSKITE, creamy coloured |  | | Report (issue) | | Mont-Laurier Grenville, Québec; Hawkesbury - Ottawa, Ontario Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report... @ Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1986 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...Supply and Services Canada Ottawa, Canada K I A OS9 and from Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth...Booth Street Ottawa, Canada KIA OE8 3303-33rd Street N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A7 A deposit copy of this...reference in public libraries across Canada Cat. No. M41-8/33E Canada: $7.50 ISBN 0-660-11941-2 Other countries: |  | | Catalog/List | | places, Itxlxl". £11.' 4-. APATITE, Colcerrovl Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. A sharp, well. formed, doubly...sample. 4x]xli". £13. CROCIDOLITE. ThEtford, QUEbec, Canada. Select, silky, fibrous, pure vein section. 2xltxlt"...GOLD. McIntyre-Porcupine ine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Rich, golden, platy masses scattered on and through...intergrovlfi and encrusting ma tr ix. 2tx2". £4-.50. HEMATITE variety Kidney Ore. Floren~e Mine, Egremont, Cumberland... bright green, well fo~ed crystals encrusting Hematite/Chalcocite matrix. Specimen A - 2tx2". £4.50; |  | | Catalog/List | | size richly intergrown and scattered on cellular hematite/quartz lIeinstuff. 2x1x1", £23.00, 21. CHALCoPVRITE...Bright dark golden 'botryoidal mass ,covering hematite/chalcopyrite veinstuff. 2x1-tx1", £3. SDp 23....in size, £7.00. 32. DAWSONITE. Francon Qry., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Small glassy needly crystals scattered...Rich reddish~brown crystalline masses on and in hematite matrix with orangey spots of Berzeliite. 2~x2"...78. NATIVE SILVER. Silver Isle, Lakc Superior, Canada. Rich silvery hackly masses in quartz matrix. 1fx1fx1" |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | about 1cm Clara Mine Black Forest Germany £15 18 HEMATITE black, mirror-like, intergrown hexagonal crystals...Ystrad Mine, Betws Garmon, Gwynedd Wales Nant Francon formation small 2x3 inch £15 32 MUSCOVITE variety...attractive, rich yellow platy mass in quartz La Bosse Quarry, Echassieres Allier France 2x3 inch £10 33 MAGNESITE...arfvedsonite cleavages. Strange Lake Deposit, Quebec, Canada 2x2 £15 40 FLUORAP ATITE deep blue, translucent... orange coating on Feldspar about 2.5cm Tuften Quarry, Tvedalen Norway £6 CHENEVIXITE green masses on |  | | Report (issue) | | you’ll find is a good stock of topnotch pyrite/hematite specimens from fairly recent work in the Valle...compound-pyritohedral crystal of pyrite on massive black hematite matrix, for which Luis asks 340 Euros (~ $375)...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | , 254 Canada: Ontario, albite pseudomorphs, 29; New Brunswick, boracite, 29; Francon quarry, 29; Glencoe... 209 Chalcopyrite, Illinois, 69 Chips from the Quarry: 4, 48, 144, 240 Chlorophoenicite, New Jersey,...Spinel from Glencoe Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, 155 Geikie, A . , 257 Geikielite, 257 Georgia...Jersey, 210 Glencoe Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, spinel, 155 Gonnardite, Italy, 30 Gorciexite,...Spinel from Glencoe Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, 155 Guildite, 14 Guild, F . N . , 14 Hallahan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 224 ROCKS & MINERALS Gallery Ottawa, Ontario Canada Figure 2. The front of the Victoria Memorial Museum...capital cities of each province and territory of Canada. The diamond-set globe (42 cut stones, total weight... where its exhibits feature natural history in Canada and the world. The Vale Earth Gallery occupies... Address: 240 McLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Website: http://nature.ca/en/plan-your-visit/directions...in the Vale Earth Gallery. Major ore deposits of Canada, physical properties of minerals (including a small |
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Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada