| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Habit: | cleavages, cubic, octahedral, dodecahedral, often rounded |
| Colour: | colourless, yellowish-green, pale blue, purple, pink |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | 61 |
| Aegirine | 43 |
| Rhodochrosite | 41 |
| Quartz | 35 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 22 |
| Microcline | 30 |
| Albite | 22 |
| Catapleiite | 21 |
| Analcime | 19 |
| Elpidite | 19 |
| Pectolite | 17 |
| Lorenzenite | 13 |
| Pyrrhotite | 11 |
| Leucophanite | 11 |
| Siderite | 11 |
| Gaidonnayite | 10 |
| Fluorapatite | 10 |
| Nenadkevichite | 9 |
| Gypsum | 8 |
| Dolomite | 7 |
| Amphibole Supergroup | 7 |
| Monteregianite-(Y) | 7 |
| Grossular | 7 |
| - var Hibschite | 6 |
| Götzenite | 6 |
| Epididymite | 6 |
| Leifite Group | 6 |
| Manganoneptunite | 6 |
| Gmelinite-Na | 5 |
| Fluorapophyllite-(K) | 5 |
| Serandite | 5 |
| Polylithionite | 5 |
| Gobbinsite | 5 |
| Sodalite | 5 |
| - var Hackmanite | 5 |
| Arfvedsonite Root Name Group | 4 |
| Leifite | 4 |
| Villiaumite | 4 |
| Gonnardite | 4 |
| Genthelvite | 4 |
| Annite | 4 |
| Ashcroftine-(Y) | 3 |
| Pyrite | 3 |
| Bastnäsite-(Ce) | 3 |
| Natrolite | 3 |
| Kupletskite Group | 3 |
| Franconite | 2 |
| Phillipsite-K | 2 |
| Synchysite-(Ce) | 2 |
| Galena | 2 |
| Shomiokite-(Y) | 2 |
| Goethite | 2 |
| Heyerdahlite | 2 |
| Rinkite-(Ce) | 2 |
| Rutile | 2 |
| Mckelveyite Group | 2 |
| Feldspar Group | 1 |
| Strontianite | 1 |
| Leucosphenite | 1 |
| Bertrandite | 1 |
| Astrophyllite Supergroup | 1 |
| Tuperssuatsiaite | 1 |
| Nepheline | 1 |
| Datolite | 1 |
| Kukharenkoite-(Ce) | 1 |
| Ancylite Group | 1 |
| Hellandite Group | 1 |
| Wollastonite Group | 1 |
| Horváthite-(Y) | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite 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 (75 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 20060 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:20060:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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| 14.7km (9.1 miles) | ⓘDulude Quarry (DJL - Carrière Mont-Bruno), 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 |
| 27.6km (17.2 miles) | ⓘLongueuil sill, Longueuil TE, 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 |
| 33.6km (20.9 miles) | ⓘVille Marie Expressway (Autoroute 720), Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 34.5km (21.5 miles) | ⓘMcGill University campus, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 34.7km (21.6 miles) | ⓘSaint-Philippe, Roussillon RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 35.8km (22.3 miles) | ⓘSaint-Philippe Quarry (DJL Quarry), Saint-Philippe, Roussillon RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 36.2km (22.5 miles) | ⓘFrancon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 37.1km (23.0 miles) | ⓘCorporation (Forsyth's) quarry, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
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Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada