Rose Quartz Pit (Quadeville West Mine / Rose Quartz Quarry)
45.3181° N, 77.4256° W · ± 1 km
Rose quartz from Ontario, Canada, with photos of specimens from this locality.
Minerals found here
Rose quartz at Rose Quartz Pit (Quadeville West Mine / Rose Quartz Quarry)
Rose quartz from a Canadian granite pegmatite whose quartz forms the core, rimmed by feldspar, and that has been worked for carving and gem rough.
- Formula
- SiO₂
- Morphology
- Rose quartz exposed in a T-shaped open cut
- Associated minerals
- Berylmicroclinealbitemuscovitetourmalinefluoriteniobium-tantalum minerals such as columbite-(Fe)smoky quartz is also recorded
- Trace elements
- Fe and Ti in nano-sized dumortierite-like fibres (massive rose quartz, general for the variety)
- History
- Opened in 1935 for beryl; rose quartz was mined from 1967 to 1973 and has again been recovered for carving and gem use since around 2001.
Geology of the locality
- Setting
- Granite pegmatite in which quartz crystals grew in the core, surrounded by massive microcline and albite.
- Host rock
- Granite pegmatite
- Region
- Ontario
- Country
- Canada
Coordinates converted from 45 19 5 N, 77 25 32 W on the Mindat locality page. The quarry formerly charged a collecting fee but can now only be visited by appointment; an October 2023 note reports a change of owner and restricted access.
Sources
- SRC-150 · Database
Rose Quartz Pit, Quadeville area, Lyndoch Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, CanadaMindat.org contributors · Mindat.org - SRC-151 · Website
Rose quartz and tantalum: AquaRose quarries at QuadevilleRussell, P. · 2001 · Wat On Earth, University of Waterloo
Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.