| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Habit: | Cubes, tufts, rams horns, crusts, hollow shells, spherical aggregates |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Catapleiite | 23 |
| Microcline | 23 |
| Elpidite | 18 |
| Calcite | 9 |
| Rhodochrosite | 9 |
| Aegirine | 6 |
| Strontianite | 5 |
| Natrolite | 4 |
| Parisite-(Ce) | 4 |
| Cordylite-(Ce) | 4 |
| Manganoneptunite | 2 |
| Chamosite | 2 |
| Quartz | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (17 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 12307 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:12307:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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| 11.8km (7.4 miles) | ⓘDulude Quarry (DJL - Carrière Mont-Bruno), Mont Saint Bruno, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Longueuil TE, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 15.8km (9.8 miles) | ⓘLafarge Montreal East quarry (Carrière Lafarge Montréal-Est; Francon Montréal-Est quarry; Canada Cement quarry), Montréal-Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 16.9km (10.5 miles) | ⓘLongueuil sill, Longueuil TE, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘPoudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 23.2km (14.4 miles) | ⓘFrancon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 25.0km (15.5 miles) | ⓘMiron Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 25.3km (15.7 miles) | ⓘVille Marie Expressway (Autoroute 720), Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 25.7km (16.0 miles) | ⓘMcGill University campus, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 27.3km (17.0 miles) | ⓘCorporation (Forsyth's) quarry, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 28.3km (17.6 miles) | ⓘCanadian National Railway tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| References |
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Horváth, László, Gault, Robert A., Tarassoff, Peter, Pfenninger-Horváth, Elsa (1998) Mineralogy of the Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes and Saint-Amable, Quebec. The Mineralogical Record, 29 (2) 83-118 |
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Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada