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Tourmaline from
SMG quarry (Société Minière Gerdin quarry; St-Rémi China Clay mine), Amherst, Les Laurentides RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view SMG quarry (Société Minière Gerdin quarry; St-Rémi China Clay mine), Amherst, Les Laurentides RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:536283
Long-form Identifier:1:3:536283:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
36.7km (22.8 miles) Autoroute 50 roadcut No. 1, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
61.0km (37.9 miles) Back mine (Wallingford mine), Mulgrave-et-Derry, Papineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
63.2km (39.3 miles) Derry mine, Mulgrave-et-Derry, Papineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
63.6km (39.5 miles) Pednaud Mine (Pedneaud Quarry), L'Ange-Gardien, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
69.2km (43.0 miles) Walker Mine, L'Ange-Gardien, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
73.3km (45.6 miles) Oka Rare Metals mine, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
78.0km (48.5 miles) Evans-Lou Mine, Lake Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield, Val-des-Monts, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
82.2km (51.1 miles) Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield, Val-des-Monts, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
82.3km (51.1 miles) McGlashan Mine, Val-des-Monts, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
83.6km (52.0 miles) Leduc Mine, Lake Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield, Val-des-Monts, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
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