| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Microcline |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Habit: | blocky, tabular, prismatic, baveno twins, cleavage masses |
| Colour: | white, grey |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Aegirine | 130 |
| Analcime | 78 |
| Albite | 71 |
| Natrolite | 58 |
| Gaidonnayite | 49 |
| Catapleiite | 49 |
| Polylithionite | 47 |
| Rhodochrosite | 47 |
| Calcite | 32 |
| Siderite | 31 |
| Fluorite | 30 |
| Gmelinite-Na | 30 |
| Serandite | 30 |
| Leucophanite | 28 |
| Franconite | 27 |
| Mckelveyite Group | 24 |
| Fluorapatite | 24 |
| Genthelvite | 22 |
| Quartz | 21 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 14 |
| Leucosphenite | 19 |
| Sodalite | 17 |
| Adamsite-(Y) | 16 |
| Kupletskite | 14 |
| Elpidite | 14 |
| Hilairite | 12 |
| Epididymite | 12 |
| Burbankite | 12 |
| Pectolite | 11 |
| Eudialyte Group | 8 |
| Gobbinsite | 8 |
| Nenadkevichite | 7 |
| Ferroceladonite | 7 |
| Sphalerite | 7 |
| Phillipsite-Na | 6 |
| Carletonite | 6 |
| Gonnardite | 6 |
| Zircon | 5 |
| Manganoneptunite | 5 |
| Dawsonite | 5 |
| Rutile | 5 |
| Niveolanite | 5 |
| Calcioancylite-(Ce) | 5 |
| Pyrophanite | 5 |
| Clinoptilolite-Ca | 5 |
| Eudidymite | 4 |
| Narsarsukite | 4 |
| Dolomite | 4 |
| Sabinaite | 4 |
| Bastnäsite-(Ce) | 4 |
| Chabazite-Na | 4 |
| Lorenzenite | 3 |
| Raite | 3 |
| Donnayite-(Y) | 3 |
| Arfvedsonite Root Name Group | 3 |
| Galena | 3 |
| Anatase | 3 |
| Chabazite | 3 |
| Manganokhomyakovite | 3 |
| Astrophyllite | 3 |
| Pyrite | 3 |
| Petersenite-(Ce) | 3 |
| Ilmenite-Pyrophanite Series | 2 |
| Amphibole Supergroup | 2 |
| Annite | 2 |
| Kentbrooksite | 2 |
| Goethite | 2 |
| Ancylite Group | 2 |
| Muscovite | 2 |
| Schizolite | 2 |
| Shomiokite-(Y) | 2 |
| Astrophyllite Supergroup | 2 |
| Rhabdophane-(Ce) | 2 |
| Monteregianite-(Y) | 2 |
| Rémondite-(Ce) | 2 |
| Calcioburbankite | 2 |
| Brookite | 2 |
| Wöhlerite | 2 |
| Perraultite | 1 |
| Pyrrhotite | 1 |
| Nepheline | 1 |
| Eudialyte | 1 |
| Behoite | 1 |
| Micheelsenite | 1 |
| Bussyite-(Ce) | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microcline 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 (17 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 7665 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:7665:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Microcline |
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| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘDemix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais 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 |
| 37.9km (23.5 miles) | ⓘMiron Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 68.6km (42.7 miles) | ⓘOka Rare Metals mine, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada |
| 71.0km (44.1 miles) | ⓘManny zone, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada |
| 81.0km (50.3 miles) | ⓘOrford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada |
| 90.0km (56.0 miles) | ⓘMont Rigaud, Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 92.8km (57.6 miles) | ⓘSaint-André carbonatite complex, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada |
| 95.4km (59.3 miles) | ⓘJeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, 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 |
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Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada