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Chamosite from
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


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Chamosite, etc.

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
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Chamosite, etc.

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
03605140017363084847311.jpg
Chamosite, etc.

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
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Chamosite, etc.

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
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Chamosite, etc.

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
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Chamosite, etc.

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chamosite
Formula:Fe52+Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Habit:spheres and micaceous plates
Colour:dark brownish green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Analcime6
Hilairite5
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chamosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view 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
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3435
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3435:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chamosite
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘDemix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
81.7km (50.8 miles) ⓘKeenan Road, Canton de Melbourne, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
82.0km (51.0 miles) ⓘAutoroute 55 roadcuts, Canton de Melbourne, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
95.4km (59.3 miles) ⓘJeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
References
Grice, Joel (1989) Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: Canada's Most Diverse Mineral Locality. In Famous Mineral Localities of Canada. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited & the National Museum of Natural Sciences. p.100-108.
Horváth, László, Gault, Robert A. (1990) The Mineralogy of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (4) 281-359
 
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