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Clinochlore 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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Clinochlore

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
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Clinochlore

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
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Clinochlore

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Clinochlore
Formula:Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Habit:tiny plates forming rosettes
Colour:brown, tan, colourless, white
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Mckelveyite Group2
Siderite2
Pectolite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Clinochlore 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
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3785
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3785:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Clinochlore
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘDemix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
37.1km (23.0 miles) ⓘCorporation (Forsyth's) quarry, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
81.0km (50.3 miles) ⓘOrford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
95.4km (59.3 miles) ⓘJeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
96.1km (59.7 miles) ⓘTillotson Peak area, Orleans County, Vermont, USA
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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