Mont Saint-Hilaire in the context of Beloeil, Quebec


Mont Saint-Hilaire in the context of Beloeil, Quebec

⭐ Core Definition: Mont Saint-Hilaire

Mont Saint-Hilaire (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ sɛ̃t‿ilɛʁ]; English: Mount Saint-Hilaire; Western Abnaki: Wigwômadenek, Wigwômadensizek;, Western Abnaki: Wigwômaden; see § Names of Mont Saint-Hilaire for other names) is a mountain, 414 m (1,358 ft) high, in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec. It is about thirty kilometres east of Montreal, and immediately east of the Richelieu River. It is one of the Monteregian Hills. Around the mountains are the towns of Mont-Saint-Hilaire and Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Other nearby towns include Otterburn Park, Beloeil and McMasterville.

The area surrounding the mountain is a biosphere reserve, as one of the last remnants of the primeval forests of the Saint-Lawrence valley. Most of the mountain is currently the property of McGill University, as the Gault Nature Reserve, which is considered the third McGill campus. The University has opened the western half of the mountain to visitors (at a fee) for hiking and cross-country skiing, as the Milieu Naturel (natural area). The eastern half, or Milieu de Conservation (preservation area), is not accessible to the general public.

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Mont Saint-Hilaire in the context of Jargoon

Jargoon or jargon (occasionally in old writings jargounce and jacounce) is a name applied by gemologists to zircons that are of sufficient quality to be cut as gemstones, but not the red color that characterizes the hyacinth or jacinth. The word is related to Persian zargun (zircon; zar-gun, "gold-like" or "as gold").

Some of the finest jargoons are green, others brown and yellow, while some are colorless. The colorless jargoon may be obtained by heating certain colored stones. When zircon is heated it sometimes changes color, or loses it, and at the same time usually increases in density and brilliancy. The so-called Matura diamonds, formerly sent from Matara (or Matura) in Sri Lanka, were decolorized zircons.

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Mont Saint-Hilaire in the context of Siderophyllite

Siderophyllite is a rare member of the mica group of silicate minerals with formula KFe2Al(Al2Si2)O10(F,OH)2.

The mineral occurs in nepheline syenite pegmatites and granite and aplite greisens. It is associated with microcline and astrophyllite at Pikes Peak, Colorado. It is also found in the alkali pegmatites of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec.

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