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Locality Name:
Mont Mégantic, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 247487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mont Mégantic, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°27'0"N
Longitude: 71°7'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.45,-71.116666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeBerylClayCorundumKaoliniteNoneOlivinePyroxeneQuartz
Smectite-vermiculiteSpinelTitaniteZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Analcime  (*)Augite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)30504
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O20179
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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