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Sphalerite from
Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Serandite7
Microcline5
Rhodochrosite4
Natrolite4
Manganoneptunite3
Aegirine3
Wurtzite3
Eudialyte3
Varennesite2
Zakharovite2
Vuonnemite2
Catapleiite2
Epistolite2
Galena1
Labuntsovite-Mn1
Siderite1
Nenadkevichite1
Astrophyllite1
Analcime1
Kodamaite1
Albite1
Cordylite-(Ce)1
Elpidite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12294
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12294:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
19.5km (12.1 miles) Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
22.5km (14.0 miles) L'Épiphanie quarry, L'Épiphanie, L'Assomption RCM, Lanaudière, Québec, Canada
23.2km (14.4 miles) Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
25.0km (15.5 miles) Miron Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
28.3km (17.6 miles) Canadian National Railway tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
41.7km (25.9 miles) Saint-Eustache Quarry (Carrière et pavage Saint-Eustache; Mathers Quarry), Saint-Eustache, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
52.4km (32.6 miles) Upton deposit Robex, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
61.3km (38.1 miles) Actonvale Quarry, Acton mine, Acton Vale, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
63.3km (39.3 miles) Sainte-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay quarry (Marcil quarry), Sainte-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay, Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
77.8km (48.3 miles) Saint-André carbonatite complex, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
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