| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Habit: | tabular, rhombohedral, scalenohedral, botryoidal |
| Colour: | colourless, white, yellow |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Albite | 65 |
| Fluorite | 61 |
| Pectolite | 60 |
| Natrolite | 49 |
| Analcime | 41 |
| Strontianite | 40 |
| Aegirine | 37 |
| Lorenzenite | 34 |
| Rhodochrosite | 33 |
| Sodalite | 33 |
| - var Hackmanite | 24 |
| Microcline | 32 |
| Monteregianite-(Y) | 32 |
| Donnayite-(Y) | 31 |
| Mckelveyite Group | 29 |
| Catapleiite | 29 |
| Elpidite | 28 |
| Pyrite | 28 |
| Gonnardite | 28 |
| Quartz | 28 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 7 |
| Pyrrhotite | 27 |
| Gaidonnayite | 26 |
| Polylithionite | 18 |
| Siderite | 18 |
| Serandite | 18 |
| Hilairite | 16 |
| Pyrophanite | 14 |
| Fluorapatite | 14 |
| Labuntsovite-Mn | 13 |
| Gmelinite-Na | 13 |
| Nenadkevichite | 13 |
| Carletonite | 12 |
| Epididymite | 12 |
| Zircon | 11 |
| Feldspar Group | 11 |
| Cuspidine | 9 |
| Horváthite-(Y) | 9 |
| Leucosphenite | 9 |
| Ancylite-(Ce) | 9 |
| Alicewilsonite-(YCe) | 9 |
| Ashcroftine-(Y) | 8 |
| Baryte | 8 |
| Burbankite | 8 |
| Chabazite-Na | 8 |
| Fluorapophyllite-(K) | 8 |
| Genthelvite | 8 |
| Leifite | 8 |
| Leucophanite | 8 |
| Phillipsite-Na | 7 |
| Eudidymite | 7 |
| Wollastonite | 7 |
| Arfvedsonite | 7 |
| Adamsite-(Y) | 6 |
| Arfvedsonite Root Name Group | 6 |
| Grossular | 6 |
| - var Hibschite | 6 |
| Magnesio-arfvedsonite | 6 |
| Bastnäsite-(Ce) | 6 |
| Dolomite | 6 |
| Götzenite | 6 |
| Franconite | 6 |
| Leifite Group | 6 |
| Amphibole Supergroup | 6 |
| Calcite Group | 6 |
| Birnessite | 5 |
| Annite | 5 |
| Gobbinsite | 5 |
| Marcasite | 5 |
| Clinoptilolite-Ca | 5 |
| Ilmenite | 5 |
| Miserite | 5 |
| Tremolite | 5 |
| Synchysite-(Ce) | 5 |
| Ancylite Group | 4 |
| Chlorite Group | 4 |
| Vesuvianite | 4 |
| Sphalerite | 4 |
| Willemite | 4 |
| Wollastonite Group | 3 |
| Hydroterskite | 3 |
| Rutile | 3 |
| Terskite | 3 |
| Lovozerite Group | 3 |
| Phillipsite Subgroup | 3 |
| UM1986-63-SiO:FeHKMnNa | 3 |
| Astrophyllite-Kupletskite Series | 3 |
| Rémondite-(Ce) | 3 |
| Cerite-(CeCa) | 2 |
| Astrophyllite Supergroup | 2 |
| Riebeckite | 2 |
| Sabinaite | 2 |
| Phlogopite | 2 |
| Anatase | 2 |
| Diopside | 2 |
| Haineaultite | 2 |
| Micheelsenite | 2 |
| Astrophyllite | 2 |
| Pyrochlore Group | 2 |
| Calcioburbankite | 1 |
| Chalcopyrite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view 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 |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (88 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 20057 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:20057:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 11.4km (7.1 miles) | ⓘMont Rougemont, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 14.7km (9.1 miles) | ⓘDulude Quarry (DJL - Carrière Mont-Bruno), Mont Saint Bruno, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Longueuil TE, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 15.8km (9.8 miles) | ⓘGoyer quarry, Mont Saint Bruno, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Longueuil TE, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘDemix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 20.4km (12.7 miles) | ⓘRoute 235 roadcuts, Saint-Pie, Les Maskoutains RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 21.6km (13.4 miles) | ⓘBoucherville, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 27.6km (17.2 miles) | ⓘLongueuil sill, Longueuil TE, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 29.6km (18.4 miles) | ⓘPointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 29.7km (18.4 miles) | ⓘAnge Gardien Quarry, Ange Gardien, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 31.3km (19.4 miles) | ⓘLafarge Montreal East quarry (Carrière Lafarge Montréal-Est; Francon Montréal-Est quarry; Canada Cement quarry), Montréal-Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| References |
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Lykova, Inna; Rowe, Ralph; Teat, Simon J.; Poirier, Glenn; Barnes, Stephanie (2026) Piilonenite-(Nd), NaNd(CO3)2·3H2O, a new neodymium-dominant carbonate mineral from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. European Journal of Mineralogy, 38 (3). p.337-345. doi:10.5194/ejm-38-337-2026 Lykova, Inna; Rowe, Ralph; Poirier, Glenn; Friis, Henrik; Ojaste, Kelsie; Barnes, Stephanie (2026) Mckelveyite group minerals – Part 5: Bainbridgeite-(NdCe), Na 2 Ba 2 NdCe(CO 3 ) 6 ●3H 2 O, a new neodymium and cerium-dominant species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada. European Journal of Mineralogy, 38 (4). p.419-429. doi:10.5194/ejm-38-419-2026 |
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Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada