 | | 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:...COVER: WELOGANITE crystal, 4 cm, on matrix, from the Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada. (See the...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 |  | | 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...minerals is weloganite, a rare strontiu m zirconium hydrous carbonate, first identified in the Francon quarry...inclusions are all secondary. Nahcolite, dawsonite and weloganite occur as daughter minerals or trapped solids |  | | Report (issue) | | Weloganite Na2 Sr3 Zr(CO3 )6 • 3H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Triclinic... α = 102.72(2)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Francon quarry, Canada. 2.809 (10), 4.35 (9), 2.590 (7), 2.227...18 7.61 6.64 Total [99.29] 100.00 (1) Francon quarry, Canada; by XRF and AA, CO2 by the Leco method...3H2 O. Occurrence: In an alkalic sill (Francon quarry, Canada); associated with an intrusive alkalic...Saint-Hilaire, Canada). Association: Calcite, quartz, dawsonite (Francon quarry, Canada). Distribution: |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | this quarry. Ms. Sabina's paper notes that Dresserite has its only known occurrence at the Francon Quarry...Dresserite spheres with six sides and tapered Weloganite crystals. A side issue to this has produced the...Star Rt. 62, Box 370 pedia is also present in the quarry. Al Center Harbor, N.H. 03226 though the Canadian...C I M E N T H A T Plagioclase a mineral at the quarry, pri vate communique identifies this mineral W...cavi FRANCON QUARRY ties. by The most spectacular specimen to be Norman B. Biggart found at Francon in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Canada Fluorite Occurrences Downloaded by [Korea University] at 04:52 06 January 2015 Figure 1...1. Map of Canada, generally showing localities mentioned in the article. Figure 1. Fluorite, crystals...L’Amable, Ontario, Canada K0L 2L0 melanson@northcom.net 114 ROCKS & MINERALS A lthough Canada is not particularly...University] at 04:52 06 January 2015 Figure 2. Map of Canada, generally showing locations mentioned in the article...near Olalla; 9. Niagara Falls area; 10. Steetley quarry, Dundas; 11. Highway 17 road cut, Rossport; 12 |  | | Report (issue) | | 359(4) β = 92.24(6)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Francon quarry, Canada. 11.0 (10), 5.55 (7), 4.73 (6), 3.18 (6)...20 21.45 Total [100.0] 99.9 100.00 (1) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, H2 O by difference...dawsonite-bearing sill in a limestone deposit (Francon quarry, Canada); in cavities in altered pegmatite dikes...Saint-Hilaire, Canada). Association: Hochelagaite, weloganite, calcite, quartz (Francon quarry, Canada); burbankite...(Vishnevogorsk complex, Russia). Distribution: In the Francon quarry, Montreal Island, Montreal, at Mont Saint-Hilaire |  | | Report (issue) | | 446(6) β = 93.41(8)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Francon quarry, Canada. 10.0 (10), 3.115 (8), 3.208 (7), 5.39...8 [13.2] Total [100.0] (1) Francon quarry and Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada; by electron microprobe, average...05 )Σ=4.00 O10.71 • 5.47H2 O. (2) Saint-Amable, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponding to (Ca0...dawsonite-bearing sill in a limestone deposit (Francon quarry, Canada); in cavities in altered pegmatite dikes...Saint-Hilaire, Canada); in miarolitic cavities in a syenite sill (near Saint-Amable, Canada). Association: |  | | 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) | | 958(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada. 8.96 (100), 3.251 (50), 2.990 (50), 2.017 (45)... 19.79 Total 99.57 [99.11] 100.00 (1) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, TiO2 , ZrO2 ,...Ti0.94 O4.14 (CO3 )3.86 . (2) Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada; by electron microprobe, average of five analyses...mineral in vugs in a silicocarbonatite sill (Francon quarry, Canada); in cavities in sodalite syenite associated...complex (Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada). Association: Calcite, dawsonite, weloganite, cryolite, pyrite, galena |  | | Report (issue) | | 980(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada; minor preferred orientation. 4.794 (100), 2.360...99.72 [100.00] 100.00 1− (1) Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada; H2 O by TGA, (OH) confirmed by IR. (2) Do.; by...electron microprobe, H2 O from (1). (3) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, average of four...Saint-Hilaire, Canada); in vugs within silicocarbonatite sills intruding limestones (Francon quarry, Canada); in...Saint-Amable, Canada). Association: Calcite, albite, pyrite (Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada); weloganite, calcite |  | | Report (issue) | | 97 O4.11 [(F1.57 (OH)1.33 ]Σ=2.90 . (2) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponding...fluorite, weloganite, dresserite, dawsonite, calcite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, quartz (Francon quarry, Canada)...Saxony, Germany. In the Francon quarry, Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Large crystals from near...and P.J. Dunn (1983) Viitaniemiite from the Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec. Can. Mineral., 21, 499–502 |  | | Report (issue) | | = 9.27 b = 16.8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Francon quarry, Canada. 8.09 (10), 6.23 (6), 3.66 (5), 2.73 (4)...Total 100.5 100.00 38.59 13.60 (1) Francon quarry, Canada; corresponds to Ba0.99 Al2.03 (CO3 )2.03...Association: Weloganite, dawsonite, quartz, plagioclase. Distribution: From the Francon quarry, Montreal...Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Name: Honors John Alexander Dresser (1866–1954), Canadian geologist...Type Material: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada. References: (1) Jambor, J.L., D.G. Fong, and |  | | Report (issue) | | 168(4) b = 16.037(6) X-ray Powder Pattern: Francon quarry, Canada. 7.97 (10), 3.021 (8), 6.04 (7), 2.648...CaO SrO (1) 29.13 2.78 24.36 Total (1) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, averages of three... Quartz, weloganite, dawsonite, montroyalite. Distribution: Name: From the Francon quarry, Montreal...Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As the strontium analog of dresserite. Type Material: Canadian... Ottawa, 13704; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, M34626, M34627. References: (1) Jambor, J.L., |  | | Report (issue) | | Z=2 c = 5.6322(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Francon quarry, Canada. 8.52 (10), 3.42 (7), 3.10 (6), 4.26 (5)...53 35.38 20.78 Total 100.8 100.00 (1) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponding...Dresserite, weloganite, quartz. From the Francon quarry, Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Name:...Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, 13936; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, M34547, M34600. References: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The MARCO AMABILI COLLECTION Montreal Québec Canada PETER TARASSOFF Redpath Museum, McGill University...University 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Québec, Canada H3A 0C4 peter.tarassoff@mail.mcgill.ca All photos...chief geologist, in the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Québec, 1 August 1999. Peter Tarassoff photo. 434 ROCKS...Asbestos–Thetford Mines–Black Lake region of Québec, Canada. In his professional life Dr. Marco Amabili...at McGill University in Montreal, Québec, where he holds a Canada Research Chair in mechanical engineering |  | | 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) | | have been given names sounding like minerals. CANADA Quebec Monoclinic is clearly the champion. Don't...mantle as well). 180 ROCKS AND MINERALS Francon Quarry "Collecting hasn't been this unbelievable for...Y o r k . It is a matter of time before the Francon quarry in Montreal is reclaimed as a sanitary land...land fill by the city, but until that time, the Francon Company has allowed a schedule of collecting at...luck would have it, that part of the enormous Francon quarry is where the action should be. In mid-September |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The National Museum of Natural Sciences OTTAWA, CANADA JOEL D. GRICE Mineral Sciences Division National...Science and Technology, and the National Gallery o f Canada. This Crown Corporation comes under the respon...of Communications in the federal government of Canada. History of the National Museum of Natural Science...the Geological Survey of Canada and founder of the National Museum of Canada in 1842. Sir William Logan...Parliament buildings). In 1968 the National Museums of Canada Corporation was created and was comprised of the | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 32 Kingston, Ontario to Lac...Ann P. Sabina 1983 COVER Left: Weloganite crystals from Francon Quarry, Montreal. Specimen measures 3...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) | | Ann Arbor, MI Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum...Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 by D. Blauwet Francon revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...price of $475 postpaid in the United States and Canada (write or e-mail for the shipping surcharge to...chance? Within minutes I was at the base of the quarry, but I quickly noticed large square blocks of numbered...Convention Center, the “main show,” where Minerals of Canada was the theme this year. All of these productions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tajmahal@gilanet.com Susan Robinson Figure 1. Weloganite, Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec; acrylic on canvas...showing—what else?—Lake Superior pebbles. While in Canada, Robinson twice was awarded first place at the...Panczner (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987). Before leaving Canada, Robinson and her husband were granted Canadian...Figure 3. Quartz and pyrite, Nanisivik, Nunavut, Canada; acrylic on canvas, 18˝ x 24˝, 1990. Figure 4...Figure 5. Calcite on dolomite, Nanisivik, Nunavut, Canada; acrylic on canvas, 10˝ x 12˝, 1989. Volume 81 |  | | 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 |
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