Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Demix-Varennes Quarry, Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Demix-Varennes Quarry, Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°40'1"N
Longitude: 73°20'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.666944444444,-73.343055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Ancylite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arisite	Arsenopyrite	Astrophyllite
Baryte	Bastnäsite	Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Chabazite	Clay	Cordylite	Corundum
Diaspore	Elpidite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gaidonnayite	Gmelinite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Harmotome
Kaolinite	Löllingite	Labuntsovite	Lemoynite	Marcasite	Mckelveyite	Mica	Monazite	Mordenite	Natrolite
Neptunite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Parisite	Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tengerite
Terskite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tridymite	Wurtzite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

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 As Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Ancylite Apatite Aragonite Arisite Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite
Baryte Bastnäsite Brookite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Chabazite Clay Cordylite Corundum
Diaspore Elpidite Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Gaidonnayite Gmelinite Gypsum Halotrichite Harmotome
Kaolinite Löllingite Labuntsovite Lemoynite Marcasite Mckelveyite Mica Monazite Mordenite Natrolite
Neptunite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Parisite Pectolite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Tengerite
Terskite Thomsonite Titanite Tridymite Wurtzite Wöhlerite Zircon

127 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*
Ancylite-(La) ()*	Annite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Arisite-(Ce) ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Birnessite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Brookite ()*	Calciohilairite ()*	Calcite ()*
Catapleiite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Cordylite-(Ce) ()*
Cryolite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Donnayite-(Y) ()*
Doyleite ()*	Elpidite ()*	Epididymite ()*	Epistolite ()*	Erdite ()*
Eudialyte ()*	Ferroceladonite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Franconite ()*
Gaidonnayite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gmelinite-Na ()*	Goethite ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hilairite ()*
Hochelagaite ()*	Horváthite-(Y) ()*	Hydroterskite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kenyaite ()*	Kimuraite-(Y) ()*	Kukharenkoite-(Ce) ()*	Labuntsovite-Fe ()*
Labuntsovite-Mn ()*	Låvenite ()*	Lemoynite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Lorenzenite ()*
Lueshite ()*	Magadiite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Makatite ()*	Manganoneptunite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Neighborite ()*	Nenadkevichite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Opal ()*	Paranatrolite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*
Pectolite ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Raite ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	Rutile ()*	Sazhinite-(Ce) ()*
Sazhinite-(La) ()*	Serandite ()*	Shkatulkalite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tainiolite ()*	Terskite ()*
Thomsenolite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thornasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Tuperssuatsiaite ()*	Ussingite ()*	Varennesite ()*	Villiaumite ()*	Vuonnemite ()*
Weloganite ()*	Woodruffite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Yofortierite ()*
Zakharovite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	92
Ancylite-(La) ()*	Ancylite	LaSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	13
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	356
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	295
Arisite-(Ce) ()*	Arisite	NaCe₂(CO₃)₂[F_2x(CO₃)_1-x]F	4
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	83
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	178
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	115
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calciohilairite ()*	None	CaZrSi₃O₉·3H₂O	7
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	113
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	66
Cordylite-(Ce) ()*	Cordylite	(Na,Ca, )BaCe₂(CO₃)₄(F,O)	15
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	50
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	90
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Donnayite-(Y) ()*	Mckelveyite	NaSr₃CaY(CO₃)₆·3H₂O	13
Doyleite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	15
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	50
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	70
Epistolite ()*	None	(Na )Nb₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₄	16
Erdite ()*	None	NaFeS₂·2H₂O	4
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	182
Ferroceladonite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	10
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Franconite ()*	None	NaNb₂O₅(OH)·3H₂O	6
Gaidonnayite ()*	Gaidonnayite	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	21
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gmelinite	Na₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	25
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hilairite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·3H₂O	18
Hochelagaite ()*	None	CaNb₄O₁₁·8H₂O	9
Horváthite-(Y) ()*	None	NaY(CO₃)F₂	2
Hydroterskite ()*	Terskite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₂(OH)₆	2
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kenyaite ()*	None	Na₂Si₂₂O₄₁(OH)₈·6H₂O	8
Kimuraite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	CaY₂(CO₃)₄·6H₂O	10
Kukharenkoite-(Ce) ()*	None	Ba₂Ce(CO₃)₃F	8
Labuntsovite-Fe ()*	Labuntsovite	Na₄K₄Fe²⁺₂Ti₈O₄(Si₄O₁₂)₄(OH)₄·10-12H₂O	6
Labuntsovite-Mn ()*	Labuntsovite	Na₄K₄Mn²⁺₂Ti₈O₄(Si₄O₁₂)₄(OH)₄·10-12H₂O	18
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	58
Lemoynite ()*	Lemoynite	Na₂CaZr₂Si₁₀O₂₆·5-6H₂O	3
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Lorenzenite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂O₃(Si₂O₆)	82
Lueshite ()*	Perovskite	NaNbO₃	16
Magadiite ()*	None	Na₂Si₁₄O₂₈(OH)₂·8H₂O	11
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Makatite ()*	None	Na₂Si₄O₈(OH)₂·4H₂O	8
Manganoneptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiMn²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	26
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	405
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)[(H₂O)₂Ca_0.5 _0.5]Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₂	45
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Neighborite ()*	Perovskite	NaMgF₃	17
Nenadkevichite ()*	Labuntsovite	(Na, )₈Nb₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·8H₂O	19
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	64
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Paranatrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	19
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	112
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	75
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	71
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	89
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Raite ()*	None	Na₃Mn²⁺₃Ti_0.25(Si₈O₂₀)(OH)₂·10H₂O	5
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	177
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	66
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	53
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sazhinite-(Ce) ()*	None	Na₃CeSi₆O₁₅·2H₂O	4
Sazhinite-(La) ()*	None	Na₃LaSi₆O₁₅·2H₂O	3
Serandite ()*	Pectolite	NaMn²⁺₂Si₃O₈(OH)	38
Shkatulkalite ()*	None	Na₂Nb₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(FO)(H₂O)₄(H₂O)₃	2
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	589
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Tainiolite ()*	Mica	KLiMg₂Si₄O₁₀F₂	40
Terskite ()*	Terskite	Na₄ZrSi₆O₁₆·2H₂O	5
Thomsenolite ()*	None	NaCaAlF₆·H₂O	23
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Thornasite ()*	None	Na₁₂Th₃(Si₈O₁₉)₄·18H₂O	3
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Tuperssuatsiaite ()*	Palygorskite	Na₂(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)₃Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	10
Ussingite ()*	None	Na₂AlSi₃O₈(OH)	24
Varennesite ()*	None	Na₈Mn₂Si₁₀O₂₅(OH,Cl)₂·12H₂O	1
Villiaumite ()*	Rocksalt	NaF	31
Vuonnemite ()*	None	Na₆Na₂Nb₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(PO₄)₂O₂(OF)	10
Weloganite ()*	Mckelveyite	Na₂Sr₃Zr(CO₃)₆·3H₂O	5
Woodruffite ()*	None	Zn₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀·4H₂O	25
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372
Yofortierite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·7H₂O	8
Zakharovite ()*	None	Na₄Mn²⁺₅Si₁₀O₂₄(OH)₆·6H₂O	9
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110190	Demix-Varennes Quarry, Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110190
R110193	Demix-Varennes Quarry, Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110193
R110194	Demix-Varennes Quarry, Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110194

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