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Tourmaline from
Westport Quadrangle, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Quadrangle
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 Westport Quadrangle, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:971964
Long-form Identifier:1:3:971964:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘFrontenac Lead Mine (Frontenac Draper Lake Mine), Loughborough Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
20.7km (12.8 miles) ⓘHickey-Murphy Lead Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘWestport roadcut occurrences, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘHighway 15 km 67.7 roadcut, Bastard Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘRichardson Feldspar Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
22.8km (14.1 miles) ⓘKingston Mica Mine (Bedford), Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘHighway 15 km 68.9 roadcut, Bastard Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘSilver Queen Mine, North Burgess Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘRogers Mine (Nobles Bay Mine), North Burgess Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘPike Lake Mine, North Burgess Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
References
Lonker, Steven (1980) Conditions of metamorphism in high-grade pelitic gneisses from the Frontenac Axis, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 17 (12) 1666-1684 doi:10.1139/e80-177
Grew, Edward S. (1983) A grandidierite-sapphirine association from India. Mineralogical Magazine, 47 (344) 401-403 doi:10.1180/minmag.1983.047.344.20
 
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