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Halloysite from
Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Halloysite
Formula:Al2Si2O5(OH)4 · n(H2O)
Habit:powdery to compact masses
Colour:white
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kaolinite2
Nannoniite2
Montroyalite2
Strontiodresserite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Halloysite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:65569
Long-form Identifier:1:3:65569:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
176-178.
Grice, Joel (1989) A Mineral Locality in Montreal City. In Famous Mineral Localities of Canada. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited & the National Museum of Natural Sciences. p.109-114.
Tarassoff, Peter, Horváth, László, Pfenninger-Horváth, Elsa (2006) Famous mineral localities: The Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Mineralogical Record, 37 (1) 5-60
 
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