Spinel from
Cabonga Reservoir, Réservoir-Dozois, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
| Locality type: | Reservoir | ||||||||||||||||
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| Species: | Spinel | ||||||||||||||||
| Formula: | MgAl2O4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Spinel is ubiquitous at Cabonga as it is an aluminium rich granulite grade terrane. The best specimen are found in coarse to pegmatitic marble dykes. Blue is the most common color followed by red. Rare pink Zn bearing spinel up to 10mm also exists. Some of the marbles are very rich in spinel but unfortunately specimen bigger than 3 or 4mm are very rare. In the marble spinel is often associated with apatite and also included in the apatite. | ||||||||||||||||
| Habit: | Octahedral, Anhedral, Whiskers | ||||||||||||||||
| Colour: | Blue, Red, Brown, Pink, Purple | ||||||||||||||||
| Luminescent properties: | Some of the pink spinel have a weak red fluorescence under UV | ||||||||||||||||
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) | ||||||||||||||||
| Abundance at site: | Very common | ||||||||||||||||
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| Validity: | Believed Valid | ||||||||||||||||
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | |||||||||||||||||
| Chromium-bearing Pyrope | ⓘ2 photos of Spinel associated with Chromium-bearing Pyrope at this locality. | ||||||||||||||||
| Data | |||||||||||||||||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Spinel data | ||||||||||||||||
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Cabonga Reservoir, Réservoir-Dozois, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) | ||||||||||||||||
| Data Identifiers | |||||||||||||||||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 909363 | ||||||||||||||||
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:909363:8 | ||||||||||||||||
| GUID (UUID V4): | bf3565f3-9a01-47ec-9e10-2bc8fcabb8c4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nearest other occurrences of Spinel | |||||||||||||||||
| 60.3km (37.5 miles) | ⓘRenzy Lake deposit (Vulcain property), Lac-Pythonga, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
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Cabonga Reservoir, Réservoir-Dozois, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada