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Biotite from
Highway 15 km 68.9 roadcut, Bastard Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Highway 15 km 68.9 roadcut, Bastard Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:764888
Long-form Identifier:1:3:764888:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘWestport Quadrangle, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘFournier Mine, South Sherbrooke Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘTroy Lake occurrence, South Crosby Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘBlack Rapids Mine, Lyndhurst area (Black Rapids area), Lansdowne Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘFoster Quarry, Bathurst Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
28.4km (17.7 miles) ⓘBathurst Feldspar Mines Ltd, Bathurst Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
40.7km (25.3 miles) ⓘEagle Lake Mine (Blessington), Hinchinbrooke Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
41.3km (25.6 miles) ⓘRichardson Feldspar Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
43.4km (26.9 miles) ⓘGananoque area, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘLong Lake Zinc Mine (Richardson Zinc Mine; Lynx Mine), Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
References
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