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Diopside from
Autoroute 50 roadcut No. 1, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrrhotite1
Albite1
Calcite1
Meionite1
Muscovite1
Grossular1
Vesuvianite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Autoroute 50 roadcut No. 1, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:529263
Long-form Identifier:1:3:529263:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘAutoroute 50 roadcut No. 2, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘMiller Mine (Keystone Mine; Grenville graphite deposit), Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘKilmar mine, Kilmar, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
25.8km (16.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed roadcut (Locality 48 of Van Velthuizen et al.), Laurel, Wentworth-Nord, Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘRoute Principal road cut, Laurel, Wentworth-Nord, Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘWhite Road roadcut (Mathilda Lake roadcut), Harrington, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘRockway quarry (Carrière Dolostone; Rockway Valley Marble quarry), Boileau, Papineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘÎle Cadieux alnöite, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
70.4km (43.8 miles) ⓘLac Donaldson diopside occurrence, L'Ange-Gardien, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
76.5km (47.5 miles) ⓘBlackburn Mine, Val-des-Monts, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
References
Bourdeau, J. et al (2008) 35th Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Abstracts of contributed papers, 16.
 
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