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Schorl from
Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Habit:prismatic
Colour:black
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:133238
Long-form Identifier:1:3:133238:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘBEP Pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘBuck claim, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada
73.7km (45.8 miles) ⓘSeparation Rapids Lithium Project (Separation Lake area), Kenora District, Ontario, Canada
86.0km (53.4 miles) ⓘLucy No. 1, Falcon Lake, Manitoba, Canada
References
153-155.
Hutchinson, Richard W. (1959) Geology of the Montgary pegmatite. Economic Geology, 54 (8). 1525-1542 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.54.8.1525
Černý, P., Harris, D. C. (1978) The Tanco pegmatite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba. XI. Native elements, alloys, sulfides and sulfosalts. The Canadian Mineralogist, 16 (4) 625-640
Grice, Joel D. (1989) Bernic Lake, Manitoba: Mining for Space-age Elements. In Famous Mineral Localities of Canada. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited & the National Museum of Natural Sciences. p.64-67.
Selway, Julie B., Černý, Petr, Hawthorne, Frank C., Novák, Milan (2000) The Tanco Pegmatite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba. XIV. Internal Tourmaline. The Canadian Mineralogist, 38 (4) 877-891 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.38.4.877
 
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