 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cope LÁSZLÓ HORVÁTH 594 Main Road Hudson, Quebec Canada J0P 1H0 Downloaded by [University of Chicago Library]...first described from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada (Chao, Chen, and Baker 1980; Ghose, Wan, and Chao...in Egypt and Turkey, he ultimately immigrated to Canada in 1923. Between 1925 and 1928 he worked as a miner...Montreal in 1928. The mother, Vlasta, arrived in Canada in 1928 from Czechoslovakia, and the same year...languages, in addition to the two official languages of Canada, English and French. Tarassoff ’s interest in minerals |  | | 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 (volume) | | MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 Kirkland Lake – Rouyn-Noranda...Quebec Ann P. 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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) | | this quarry. Ms. Sabina's paper notes that Dresserite 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...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...micros from the Francon varieties at a time sprinkled over a cavity, Quarry in Montreal, Canada will interest |  | | 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...Saint-Hilaire, Canada). Association: Calcite, dawsonite, weloganite, cryolite, pyrite, galena, barite, ilmenorutile |  | | Report (issue) | | 97 O4.11 [(F1.57 (OH)1.33 ]Σ=2.90 . (2) Francon quarry, Canada; by electron microprobe, corresponding...dawsonite, calcite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, quartz (Francon quarry, Canada). Distribution: In the Viitaniemi...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) | | Thumbnails-FranForghani, Abdol-Hossein. The Apatite of con Quarry. Nov., p. 455 Hormuz Island, Iran. March, p. 85...449 Morin, Ronald E . How To Tumble. May, p. 183, Galena-A Simple Mineral. Oct., p. 396 Reiner, John. Thumbnails-... 298; Thumbnails. Oct., p. 405; Thumbnails—Francon Quarry. Nov., p. 455 Rich, Carter C. An Easy-To-Build...Special Gemstone Ex hibit at the National Museums of Canada. July-Aug., p. 288 Wood, Simone. Tips for Preparing...Vonsen. Dec, p. 511 Canada—Special Gemstone Exhibit at the National Museums of Canada. Willow Wight. July-August | | | 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) | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | - ·MINERALS 200 Napier Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Telephone: 1 (705) 726-~713 o LIST #3 - APRIL...ACTINOLITE: Gooderham, Ontario, Canada. crystals ACTINOLITE: St. Hilaire. Qu0bec, Canada, acicular sprays and tufts...tufts ACTINOLITE: Bull Run Quarry, Loudon County, Virginia, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety...sections AS /\BOVE AEGERINE: St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. acicular sprays and tufts, crystal sections AEGERINE...AEGERINE,ALBIT~: St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. crystal sections, sprays and tufts AENIGMATITE, varfoty |  | | 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...size to thumbnail, of barite, pyrite, flourite, galena, heulandite, chabazite, sphalerite or even some...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 |  | | 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...at least familiar with the name of the legendary Galena, Kansas mineral dealer Boodle Lane. He sold countless...countless tons of fine Tri-state calcite, galena, dolomite and sphalerite specimens, and was said to always |  | | 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 (issue) | | may be made in local currency to the following: Canada: Mrs. J.W . Peat. 36 Oeepwood Crescent. Don Mills...Annabergite Cobaltite Austinite Covellite Beta-roselite Galena Clinoclase Gersdorffite Conichalcite Glaucodot...Blount Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 The Jeffrey quarry, near North Little Rock, Arkansas, has produced...to come from the Arkan sas quartz region. The quarry is now closed but specimens of quartz, ankerite...Arkansas, and south of Camp Robinson. The quarry, known as Jeffrey quarry, is just north of McArthur Drive (Conway |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tamarugite(?), thenardite, 172 Blaen-y-Nant, Nant Francon, Caernarvonshire, North Wales: chlorite, gar- ...beudant- ite, carminite, cerussite, mimetite, galena, 428 Dry Gill, Caldbeck Fells: beudantite, baryte...azurite, olivenite, 428; coronadite, 343 Embleton quarry, Cockermouth: alunite, dickite, thaumasite, zunyite... beaverite, carminite, cerussite, chrysocolla, galena, jarosite, plumbojarosite, 430 998 TOPOGRAPHICAL...arsenopyrite, beudantite, blende, carminite, chalcopyrite, galena, 1611ingite, pharmacosiderite, scorodite, 429 Wanthwaite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CANMET, 555 Booth Street,Ottawa, Ontario KIA OGl, Canada EnNsr A. J. Bunxn Instituut voor Aardwetenschappen...eragebireflectance(in lightest position as for galena, in name is for the locality, Ankang County, Shaanxi...Type maciated with pyrite, sphalerite,kirkiite, galena,tennantite, is at the Geology Museum, Beijing,...National Museum of Natural Sciences,Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. J.L.J. 2023 insolublein water,D-"n.: 2.67(2)...002),3.474(l 00,006),3. I 86( I 5, Nature. Ottawa. Canada. J.L.J. 224),2.867(r3,24r), 2.789(10,226),2.606(40 |  | Young, B., Ryback, G., Braithwaite, R. S. W., Francis, J. G. (1997) Prosopite, doyleite and otavite from Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire. Mineralogical Magazine, 61 (409) 895-897 doi:10.1180/minmag.1997.061.409.11 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Prosopite, doyleite and otavite from Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire B. Young British...Carboniferous (Dinantian) limestones worked at Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire [National Grid...by several veins which carry fluorite, baryte, galena and sphalerite. These veins lie immediately north...(Dunham and Wilson, 1985). Where exposed in the quarry the veins are strongly oxidized and the supergene...may represent original pockets of sphalerite and galena. Traces of aurichalcite and rosasite have been |  | | 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...also available as tiny, loose crystals. Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos The following note comes from D r . Steve |  | | 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 |
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