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Cancrinite from
Blue Mountain Quarry (Unimin Quarry), Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada


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Cancrinite

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
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Cancrinite, etc.

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
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Cancrinite, etc.

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
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Cancrinite, etc.

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
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Cancrinite

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
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Cancrinite, etc.

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
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Cancrinite, etc.

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
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Cancrinite, etc.

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
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Cancrinite

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
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Cancrinite, etc.

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
06836510017272051138017.jpg
Cancrinite, etc.

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
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Cancrinite, etc.

Blue Mountain Quarry, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Cancrinite
Formula:(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Biotite5
Magnetite4
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cancrinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Mountain Quarry (Unimin Quarry), Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:863386
Long-form Identifier:1:3:863386:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cancrinite
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘNephton Quarry (Craig Pit; American Nepheline Co. Mine), Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
38.2km (23.8 miles) ⓘMadawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
39.7km (24.7 miles) ⓘGill Quarries, Glamorgan Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
40.3km (25.1 miles) ⓘFraser Quarry, Glamorgan Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘTory Hill area, Monmouth Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
44.5km (27.7 miles) ⓘCancrinite Hill, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
44.5km (27.7 miles) ⓘRobertson Hill, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
44.9km (27.9 miles) ⓘDavis Hill, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
45.3km (28.1 miles) ⓘPrincess Sodalite Quarry (Princess Quarry), Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘGolding-Keene Quarry, York River area, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
References
Phoenix, R., Nuffield, E. W. (1949) Cancrinite from Blue Mountain, Ontario. American Mineralogist, 34 (5-6) 452-455
Sabina, Ann P. (1987) Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario. Miscellaneous Report 41. Geological Survey of Canada 140 pp. doi:10.4095/122460
McLemore, V.T. (2006) Nepheline Syenite. In Industrial Minerals and Rocks (7th ed.) Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., Littleton, CO. p.653-670.
 
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