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Tourmaline from
Kingston Mica Mine (Bedford), Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
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 Kingston Mica Mine (Bedford), Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:879669
Long-form Identifier:1:3:879669:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘRichardson Feldspar Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘWestport roadcut occurrences, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘHickey-Murphy Lead Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
13.6km (8.4 miles) ⓘCard Quarry (Sand Road), Portland Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘFrontenac Lead Mine (Frontenac Draper Lake Mine), Loughborough Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘEagle Lake Mine (Blessington), Hinchinbrooke Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
19.6km (12.2 miles) ⓘTrafford tourmaline occurrence, Sheffield Township, Stone Mills Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘDwyer molybdenite occurrence, Sheffield Township, Stone Mills Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada
22.8km (14.1 miles) ⓘWestport Quadrangle, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
26.8km (16.7 miles) ⓘSilver Lake Mine (Wittaker), Oso Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
References
Sabina, Ann P. (1983) Rocks and minerals for the collector: Kingston, Ontario to Lac St-Jean, Quebec. Miscellaneous Report 32. Geological Survey of Canada 130 pp.
 
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