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| Species: | Dawsonite |
| Formula: | NaAlCO3(OH)2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Dawsonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Ville Marie Expressway (Autoroute 720), Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 813958 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:813958:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e0b721b9-50ce-442c-b767-3c5f2048d77a |
| Nearest other occurrences of Dawsonite |
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| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘMcGill University campus, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘMcTavish Reservoir (Rutherford Park; Lower Reservoir; Montreal Reservoir), Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘCorporation (Forsyth's) quarry, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 5.6km (3.5 miles) | ⓘCanadian National Railway tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 6.8km (4.2 miles) | ⓘRosemont quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 8.3km (5.1 miles) | ⓘFrancon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 8.6km (5.3 miles) | ⓘMiron Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 13.6km (8.5 miles) | ⓘLafarge Montreal East quarry (Carrière Lafarge Montréal-Est; Francon Montréal-Est quarry; Canada Cement quarry), Montréal-Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 19.4km (12.1 miles) | ⓘDulude Quarry (DJL - Carrière Mont-Bruno), Mont Saint Bruno, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Longueuil TE, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 25.3km (15.7 miles) | ⓘDemix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dawsonite A Montreal Mineral Peter Tarassoff Redpath Museum, McGill University 859 Sherbrooke Street...Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0C4 Well-crystallized dawsonite, a species first described in 1874...best dawsonite specimens, and Mont Saint-Hilaire has yielded the largest crystals known. Dawsonite can...arguably be called a Montreal mineral. INTRODUCTION Dawsonite, NaAl(CO3)(OH)2, was first described in 1874 from...Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its full characterization took almost a century. Although dawsonite has proven to |
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