| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Habit: | scalenohedral, rhombohedral, blocky, cone-shaped, spear-shaped |
| Colour: | colourless, white, grey, yellow |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Weloganite | 38 |
| Quartz | 19 |
| Dawsonite | 15 |
| Marcasite | 13 |
| Dresserite | 13 |
| Fluorite | 12 |
| Nannoniite | 6 |
| Strontianite | 5 |
| Cryolite | 5 |
| Celestine | 4 |
| Albite | 3 |
| Siderite | 3 |
| Hydrodresserite | 3 |
| Pyrite | 3 |
| Hematite | 2 |
| Baryte | 1 |
| Franconite | 1 |
| Wurtzite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (9 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 2682 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:2682:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘMiron Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘRosemont quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 6.4km (4.0 miles) | ⓘCanadian National Railway tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 7.2km (4.5 miles) | ⓘMcTavish Reservoir (Rutherford Park; Lower Reservoir; Montreal Reservoir), Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 7.4km (4.6 miles) | ⓘMcGill University campus, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 8.1km (5.0 miles) | ⓘLafarge Montreal East quarry (Carrière Lafarge Montréal-Est; Francon Montréal-Est quarry; Canada Cement quarry), Montréal-Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 8.6km (5.3 miles) | ⓘLongueuil sill, Longueuil TE, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 11.4km (7.1 miles) | ⓘPointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 15.3km (9.5 miles) | ⓘBoucherville, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 17.5km (10.9 miles) | ⓘSainte-Dorothée Diatreme Pipe, Sainte-Dorothée, Laval, Laval, Québec, Canada |
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Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada