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General Information Books:

Eyewitness Books: Rocks & Minerals (Stoddart Press)
Eyewitness Books: Volcano & Earthquakes (Stoddart Press)
Eyewitness Books: Crystals & Gems (Stoddart Press)
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of The Earth’s Resources (Marshall Cavendish)
An Illustrated Guide to Rocks & Minerals (Parkgate Books)
 

Mineral descriptions:

The Hamlyn Guide to Minerals, Rocks & Fossils (Hamlyn)
The Peterson Field Guide Series: A Field Guide To Rocks & Minerals (Houghton Mifflin Company)
 

Mont Saint-Hilaire specific:

Mont Saint-Hilaire; The Mineralogical record; Volume 21, No.4 (1990)

Francon Quarry specific:

A Dawsonite-Bearing Siliocarbonatite Sill from Montreal Island, Quebec; Report of Activities, Part B, Geological Survey of Canada (1976)
Weloganite, a New Strontium Zirconium Carbonate form Montreal Island, Canada; Canadian Mineralogist (1986)
Minerals of the Francon Quarry (Montreal Island): A Progress Report; Current Research Projects, Part A, Geological Survey of Canada
The Francon Quarry: A Mineral Locality; Paper 76-1B, Geological Survey of Canada

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Many thanks to the Redpath Museum at McGill University and especially Joan Kaylor for making this site possible. Thanks also to Canada's Digital Collections for graciously providing the funding, and the team at Slant Productions for all their hard work.
People Involved:
  • Redpath Museum
    • Joan Kaylor (Co-ordinator, Curator and written text)
    • Ana Maria Rousnac (Photography)
    • Maria La Ricca (Supervisor)
    • Antony Casella (Written text)

  • Slant Productions
    • Ingrid Hein
    • Bruno Schmidt
    • Keith Pattington
    • Medhi Bouhalassa
    • Patti Sontag

  • Canada's Digital Collections
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