 | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MACROCRYSTS IN GABBRO, MONT ROYAL, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA ANDREI Y. BARKOV§ AND ROBERT F. MARTIN Department...3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0E8, Canada ABSTRACT We document unusual zones of Cr enrichment...crystallization, Mont Royal intrusive center, Montreal, Canada. INTRODUCTION Although Mont Royal, the prominent...limestone. These sills are well exposed in the Francon quarry, located within the city limits 8 km north...from the presence of crustal values of d18O in calcite (over the range 8–14%) in the groundmass of gabbro |  | Hazen, Robert M., Hummer, Daniel R., Hystad, Grethe, Downs, Robert T., Golden, Joshua J. (2016) Carbon mineral ecology: Predicting the undiscovered minerals of carbon. American Mineralogist, 101 (4) 889-906 doi:10.2138/am-2016-5546 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | relate to the nine commonest anhydrous carbonates: calcite (CaCO3; with 24 394 reported localities), dolomite...substitution, as amplified in the following sections. Calcite and aragonite groups. Numerous phases with the...minerals, most of which occur in the rhombohedral calcite (A2+ = Mg, Ca, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Cd) or orthorhombic...disordered arrangement of divalent cations in the calcite structure) is sufficient size differential between...Poudrette Quarry within the nepheline syenite complex of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada, holds the |  | | 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...chlorite, calcite, strontianite, natrolite (Vishnevogorsk complex, Russia). Distribution: In the Francon quarry |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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, |  | | Report (issue) | | 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:...Distribution: In Canada, from the Francon quarry, Montreal Island, Montreal; in a limestone quarry 15 km east; |  | | 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: |  | | Report (issue) | | 561(1) c = 11.757(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Francon quarry, Canada. 10.2 (100), 5.58 (80), 3.89 (65), 4.06...69 17.95 13.05 Total 103.6 100.00 (1) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, with severe decomposition;...limestone quarry. Association: Distribution: Dawsonite, calcite, quartz. Found in the Francon quarry, Montreal...Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Name: Honoring Adolf Vogg (1931– ), Canadian amateur mineralogist...Material: Canadian Geological Survey, Ottawa, Canada, NMC 65631. References: (1) Roberts, A.C., A.P |  | | 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...gabbro-syenite complex (Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada). Association: Calcite, dawsonite, weloganite, cryolite, pyrite |  | | Report (issue) | | 97 O4.11 [(F1.57 (OH)1.33 ]Σ=2.90 . (2) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponding...dresserite, dawsonite, calcite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, quartz (Francon quarry, Canada). Distribution: In...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 1 27.7 11.5 24.6 4.8 Total 98.1 (1) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, CO2 and H2 O by...sill. Association: Albite, strontiodresserite, calcite, quartz, dawsonite, ankerite, fluorite, barite...Distribution: From the Francon quarry, Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Name: For the Monteregian...Hill, Mont Royal, prominent landmark in Montreal, Canada, from which the city’s name was derived. Type Material:...Material: Canadian Geological Survey, Ottawa, Canada, 64261–64265. References: (1) Roberts, A.C., A | | | 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 (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...Lane. He sold countless tons of fine Tri-state calcite, galena, dolomite and sphalerite specimens, and...in the world, and of the most attractive large calcite rosettes in the world, which he has marketed. 218 |  | | 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...shows a trapezohedron with a cube modification. CANADA Newfoundland Hematite Ms. Brenna Lorenz of Syracuse..."dresserite" examined. It was identified in the quarry by an "expert." On the specimens were gray botryoids...tests proved both the coating and botryoids were calcite. A third specimen had pale brown, micro, prismatic |
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Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada