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Albite from
Orford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Orford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:335
Long-form Identifier:1:3:335:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘSuffield mine (Griffith's mine), Sherbrooke TE, Estrie, Québec, Canada
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘEustis mine (Crown mine; Hartford mine; Lower Canada mine; Orford mine), Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
21.6km (13.4 miles) ⓘAutoroute 55 roadcuts, Canton de Melbourne, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘKeenan Road, Canton de Melbourne, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘAyer's Cliff Quarry (Sintra Quarry), Ayer's Cliff area, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
28.1km (17.5 miles) ⓘRoute 116 road cut, Canton de Melbourne, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
30.1km (18.7 miles) ⓘSterrett mine, Saint-Cyr, Canton de Cleveland, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘLake Memphremagog Mine (Smith's Mine; Patton Mine), Potton, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
41.5km (25.8 miles) ⓘJeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
58.0km (36.0 miles) ⓘLucas Brook locality, Richford, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
References
Gault, Robert A., Tarassoff, Peter (1994) Famous Mineral Localities: The Orford Nickel Mine, Quebec, Canada. The Mineralogical Record, 25 (5) 327-345
 
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