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Orthoclase from
Ayer's Cliff Quarry (Sintra Quarry), Ayer's Cliff area, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ayer's Cliff Quarry (Sintra Quarry), Ayer's Cliff area, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:481183
Long-form Identifier:1:3:481183:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
47.2km (29.3 miles) Autoroute 55 roadcuts, Canton de Melbourne, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
53.2km (33.0 miles) Monadnock Mountain, Lemington, Essex County, Vermont, USA
54.8km (34.0 miles) Norton Quarry, Monadnock Mountain, Lemington, Essex County, Vermont, USA
65.9km (40.9 miles) Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
78.2km (48.6 miles) Grout Quarry, Kirby, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA
78.9km (49.0 miles) Burke Quarry, Kirby, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA
85.6km (53.2 miles) Lac Nicolet Antimony mine, Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, Arthabaska RCM, Centre-du-Québec, Québec, Canada
92.6km (57.5 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
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