| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Fluorapatite |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Habit: | prismatic, fibrous, radiating aggregates |
| Colour: | colourless, tan, yellowish |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Microcline | 24 |
| Albite | 17 |
| Aegirine | 16 |
| Calcite | 14 |
| Gaidonnayite | 12 |
| Leucosphenite | 11 |
| Polylithionite | 10 |
| Fluorite | 10 |
| Siderite | 10 |
| Sodalite | 10 |
| - var Hackmanite | 3 |
| Elpidite | 9 |
| Mckelveyite Group | 8 |
| Pectolite | 8 |
| Rhodochrosite | 8 |
| Gonnardite | 5 |
| Clinopyroxene Subgroup | 4 |
| Titanite | 4 |
| Thermonatrite | 4 |
| Villiaumite | 4 |
| Eudialyte Group | 4 |
| Monteregianite-(Y) | 4 |
| Parisite-(Ce) | 4 |
| Arfvedsonite Root Name Group | 4 |
| Epididymite | 3 |
| Cryolite | 3 |
| Chabazite-Na | 3 |
| Annite | 3 |
| Lorenzenite | 2 |
| Catapleiite | 2 |
| Eudidymite | 2 |
| Rinkite-(Ce) | 2 |
| Aenigmatite | 2 |
| Biotite | 1 |
| Serandite | 1 |
| Hilairite | 1 |
| K Feldspar | 1 |
| Wöhlerite | 1 |
| Amphibole Supergroup | 1 |
| Ferri-kaersutite | 1 |
| Korobitsynite | 1 |
| Franconite | 1 |
| Götzenite | 1 |
| Quartz | 1 |
| Labuntsovite-Mn | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorapatite 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 (49 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 5238 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:5238:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite |
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| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘDemix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais 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 |
| 36.2km (22.5 miles) | ⓘFrancon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 37.9km (23.5 miles) | ⓘMiron Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 38.6km (24.0 miles) | ⓘCanadian National Railway tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 69.6km (43.2 miles) | ⓘSt Lawrence Columbium Mine, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada |
| 70.9km (44.0 miles) | ⓘBond zone, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada |
| 71.0km (44.1 miles) | ⓘManny zone, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada |
| 71.4km (44.4 miles) | ⓘDufresne Hill, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada |
| 72.2km (44.9 miles) | ⓘHusereau Hill, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada |
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Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada