AGRELLITE
CAN02. A large cleavage on Eudialyte-Richterite-Oligoclase
matrix. (x2). 07x05x05. Lac Kipawa, Timiskaming, Quebec, Canada.
FLUORESCENT.
$10.00 each.
ALBITE
CAN01. A 1 carat, colourless, triangular stone with window. Purdy mine, Mattawa, Ontario, Canada.
$20.00.
ANDRADITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Rough, 5mm, apple-green crystals on matrix. Lac D'Amiante, Black Lake, near Thetford mines, Quebec, Canada.
$5.00.
APATITE
CAN01. A highly lustrous, double terminated crystal, up to
2cm in length, frozen in orange calcite matrix. (x4). 05x03x02. Yates
mine, Sandy Creek, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada. $15.00 each.
CAN02. A highly lustrous, 4cm, double terminated crystal
frozen in orange calcite matrix. 08x07x05. Yates mine, Sandy Creek,
Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada. $25.00.
APOPHYLLITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. A plate of lustrous, grey, tabular
crystals dusted with Marcasite. Gaspe Copper mines, Murdochville,
Quebec, Canada. $5.00.
AUGELITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Lustrous, green crystals on matrix. (x14). Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada.
$10.00 each.
BERYL
CAN01. A large mass of opaque, white cesium-rich BERYL
crystals. Some crystal faces and some flat terminations. 11x11x06.
Tanco mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada. $25.00
plus shipping.
BETAFITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. A 2 cm , opaque, dark-brown crystal
overgrown by a few smaller ones. Intact except for the attatchment
point on which it sits. Silver Crater mine, Bancroft area, Ontario,
Canada.
$50.00.
BISMUTHINITE
CAN01. Rich cleavages of metallic BISMUTHINITE in grey Quartz matrix. (x2). 06x03x02. Moly Hill, Lamotte Township, Quebec, Canada.
$20.00 each.
BREWSTERITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Abundant white microcrystals on matrix. (x6). Yellow lake, Olalla, British Columbia, Canada.
$10.00 each.
CAN02. Abundant white microcrystals on matrix. (x3). 04x03x02. Yellow lake, Olalla, British Columbia, Canada.
$10.00 each.
CAN03. A long seam/vug of white microcrystals on matrix. 09x07x02. Yellow lake, Olalla, British Columbia, Canada.
$30.00.
CALCITE
CAN02. A small plate of simple, opaque, dark-grey crystals, up to 1cm in size, on matrix. (x4). 04x02x02. St. Lawrence Columbium and
rare metals mine, Oka, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
$5.00 each.
CAN03. A small plate of simple, transparent, colourless crystals, up to 5mm in size, on matrix. 05x03x02. St. Lawrence Columbium and
rare metals mine, Oka, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
$10.00.
CELESTITE
CAN01. A lustrous, terminated, translucent, grey crystal
with a partial coating of powdery, purple Fluorite. 07x03x01. Lafarge
Dundas Quarry, Flamborough, Ontario, Canada.
$15.00.
CAN03. A mound of lustrous, terminated, translucent, grey
crystals, up to 5mm in size, intergrown with powdery, purple Fluorite.
07x04x03. Lafarge Dundas Quarry, Flamborough, Ontario, Canada.
$10.00.
CAN04. A double sided plate of lustrous, terminated, translucent, grey crystals, up to 5mm in size. 07x04x03.
Lafarge Dundas Quarry, Flamborough, Ontario, Canada.
$10.00.
CHABAZITE
CAN01. Intergrown, orange, rhombic crystals, 1-2 cm in size
with an epitaxial growth of extremely lustrous, transparent Gmelinite
on minor matrix. (x3). 06x04x03. Five Islands, Bay of Fundy, Nova
Scotia, Canada.
$10.00 each.
CAN02. Intergrown, orange, rhombic crystals, 1-2 cm in size
with an epitaxial growth of extremely lustrous, transparent Gmelinite
on minor matrix. (x2). 10x06x04. Five Islands, Bay of Fundy, Nova
Scotia, Canada.
$20.00 each.
CAN03. A rich mound of lustrous, yellow-grey crystals, up to 5mm in size, on matrix. 08x04x03. Roadcuts near Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada.
$15.00.
CAN04. A plate of low-lustre, pseudorhombic crystals. 09x07x02. Wasson's Bluff, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada.
$20.00.
CHALCOPYRITE
CAN03. Massive Chalcopyrite ore. (x2). 13x09x04. South mine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
$10.00 each plus shipping.
CAN04. A polished endcut of massive Chalcopyrite-Pyrrhotite ore. 18x13x05. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
$20.00 plus shipping.
COLLINSITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. White micro-crystals on sedimentary matrix. (x8). Rapid Creek, Yukon territory, Canada.
$5.00 each.
DAWSONITE
CAN01. Numerous, 2mm, white balls of acicular crystals in
the remains of a long vug. Sawn base. 05x02x06. Francon Quarry,
downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. $30.00.
CAN02. Thumbnail. White, acicular DAWSONITE on matrix. Francon Quarry, downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
$10.00.
DIOPSIDE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous, doubly terminated, black
crystals, on matrix. Yates mine, Sandy Creek, Otter Lake, Quebec,
Canada. Collected fall 2004.
$5.00.
CAN02. Highly lustrous, terminated, black Diopside
crystals with or without purple fluorite, orange calcite and white
Microcline. (x2). 08x06x03. Yates mine, Sandy Creek, Otter Lake,
Quebec, Canada. Collected in the falls of 2005 and 2006. $10.00 each.
CAN03. Thumbnail. A cluster of flat, highly lustrous,
translucent to transparent, pale-brown crystals. Jeffrey mine,
Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Collected summer 2005.
$15.00.
CAN06. A plate of lustrous, terminated, green Diopside
crystals, up to 4mm in size, etched out of Calcite. 10x08x04.
Wilberforce, Bancroft region, Ontario, Canada. $10.00 plus shipping.
CAN07. A mound of lustrous, terminated, green Diopside
crystals, up to 1 cm in size, etched out of Calcite. 07x07x07.
Wilberforce, Bancroft region, Ontario, Canada. $15.00 plus shipping.
CAN08. Lustrous, tan crystals, up to 3cm long, in parallel
growth. Some of the crystals are terminated but most are not. 06x03x02.
Orford Nickel mine, St-Denis de Brompton, Quebec, Canada.
$10.00.
DOLOMITE
CAN01. A large plate of pale-pink, saddle-shaped crystals, up to 1cm, on minor matrix. There is a partial overgrowth of lustrous,
translucent, grey Calcite crystals, up to 6mm in size. 12x11x02. Saint Eustache, Montreal region, Quebec, Canada.
$40.00
CAN02. A plate of pale-pink, saddle-shaped crystals, up to
1cm, on minor matrix. 07x06x03. Saint Eustache, Montreal region,
Quebec, Canada. $20.00
CAN03. A 2x3x3 cm vug lined with white Dolomite crystals. 06x04x05. Nelson Aggregates Quarry, Beamsville, Ontario, Canada.
$10.00.
DRAVITE TOURMALINE
CAN04. Numerous, black, opaque crystals, up to 8mm in
length, frozen in brown Phlogopite schist. 06x04x03. Talc mine, Madoc,
Ontario, Canada.
$15.00.
DRESSERITE
CAN01. Scattered 1mm balls on a Quartz-Calcite matrix in a 5x4x3 vcm vug. 12x06x07. Francon Quarry, downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
$25.00.
CAN03. A small vug of abundant 1mm balls. (x12). 05x03x02. Francon Quarry, downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
$10.00 each.
CAN04. Thumbnail. Scattered 1mm balls on matrix. Francon Quarry, downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
$5.00.
CAN05. A scattering of 3mm, white balls on matrix. 08x05x02. Francon Quarry, downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
$30.00.
EDENITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. A 3cm, double terminated, brown-black crystal. (x3). Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada.
$10.00 each.
ELBAITE
CAN03. A very poorly terminated crystal of dark-green
Verdelite without matrix. 03x02x04. Leduc mine, Saint Pierre de
Wakefield, Quebec, Canada.
$20.00.
FLUORITE
CAN01. White, botryoidal on massive of the same. 14x05x03. Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada.
$25.00.
FULGURITE
CAN01. A large, broken, green-black chunk with a good
exposure of both crust and vesicular interior. 15x10x07. Foymount,
Ontario, Canada. THIS IS NOT A MINERAL! Fulgurites are sand fused by
lightning strikes.
$50.00.
GOLD
CAN01. Thumbnail. A small thumbnail of abundant gold blebs
in grey-black quartz. Madsen Red Lake mine, Balmertown, Ontario,
Canada. This is old material from a mine long closed.
$15.00 each.
CAN06. Abundant gold blebs in a 2x2x1 cm pyrite mass in grey quartz matrix. 06x03x02. Bercourt mine, Val D'Or, Quebec, Canada.
$40.00.
CAN09. Abundant, disseminated gold specks in Quartz-Fuchsite
Muscovite matrix. Sawn base. 06x06x13. Dome mine, Timmins, Ontario,
Canada. $150.00.
CAN10. A crudely polished slab of ~1% Gold blebs in grey Quartz. 06x04x01. Sigma mine, Val d'Or, Quebec, Canada.
$90.00.
CAN11. A crudely polished slab of ~1% Gold blebs intergrown
with Pyrite in grey Quartz. The backside was etched in HCl. (x2).
05x03x01. Unknown locality in the Abitibi region of Quebec/Ontario.
Probable Sigma mine, Val d'Or, Quebec, Canada. $75.00 each.
CAN12. A crudely polished slab of a few Gold blebs with
disseminated pyrite and galena in a 5cm wide white Quartz vein.
13x08x05. Ashley mine, Matatchewan, Ontario, Canada. This locality
closed in the 1930s.
$90.00.
CAN14. Thumbnail. Abundant gold blebs in white quartz matrix. (x4). Val D'Or mining camp, Quebec, Canada.
$15.00 each.
CAN15. Thumbnail. Sparse gold specks in dark-grey quartz
matrix. (x2). Giant Yellowknife mine, Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories, Canada.
$10.00 each.
GROSSULAR
CAN02. Transparent hessonite grossular on grey rodingite. (x5). 05x03x01. Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada.
$20.00 each.
CAN05. Druzy, bright-green, Chrome-Grossular microcrystals
on nondescript, grey-brown Diopside rock. (x6). 04x03x03. Orford Nickel
mine, St-Denis de Brompton, Quebec, Canada.
$10.00 each.
CAN06. Druzy, bright-green, Chrome-Grossular microcrystals on nondescript, grey-brown Diopside rock. 11x05x04. Orford Nickel mine,
St-Denis de Brompton, Quebec, Canada.
$20.00.
CAN07. Thumbnail. Druzy, bright-green, Chrome-Grossular
microcrystals on nondescript, grey-brown Diopside rock. (x19). Orford
Nickel mine, St-Denis de Brompton, Quebec, Canada.
$5.00 each.
CAN08. Transparent, yellow grossular garnets, up to 3mm,
on dark-grey Chlorite matrix. Sawn base. 04x04x01. Jeffrey Mine,
Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. $25.00.
CAN12. Druzy, bright-green, Chrome-Grossular microcrystals
on white Calcite. 06x03x02. Orford Nickel mine, St-Denis de Brompton,
Quebec, Canada.
$15.00.
CAN13. Thumbnail. A mound of bright-green,
Chrome-Grossular microcrystals with minor Diopside. (x2). Jeffrey mine,
Asbestos, Quebec, Canada.
$20.00 each.
CAN14. Thumbnail. A box of 4 bright-green, Chrome-Grossular microcrystal clusters. Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada.
$20.00.
CAN15. Lustrous, 1cm, grey-brown Grossular crystals on
massive of the same etched out of calcite with acid. This was the first
known occurence of Grossular in Canada. 06x04x03. McBride garnet
occurence, Wakefield, Quebec, Canada.
$20.00.
CAN16. A vein of translucent, red-brown, 2-4mm Grossular
crystals etched out of calcite with acid. There is abundant wallrock.
15x09x08. $40.00 plus shipping.
GYPSUM
CAN04. A large, colourless, transparent, double terminated
crystal with minor nicks and blemishes. 10x03x03. Hines Creek, Alberta,
Canada. $20.00.
CAN05. 3D roses of very pale-yellow, transparent crystals, up to 2cm, with frosted main faces. Fluorescent white under LW. (x7).
05x05x05. Red river floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. New material.
$20.00 each.
CAN06. Ball of orange, bladed crystals. Fluorescent white under LW. (x5). 05x04x03. Red river floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
$15.00 each.
CAN07. A large cleavage of water-clear gypsum. (x2). 12x12x03. Lafarge Dundas Quarry, second bench, Flamborough, Ontario, Canada.
$25.00 each.
HEDENBERGITE
CAN01 A large plate of large, dull, cracked, grey-green
crystals, up to 3cm, on minor epidote matrix. The crystals have been
partially etched out of white calcite with acid. There is a scattering
of highly lustrous Magnetite crystals on the Hedenbergite crystals.
19x10x07. Marmoraton Iron mine,
Marmora, Ontario, Canada.
$40.00 plus shipping.
HEMATITE
CAN01. A 5x3x2 cm mass of paper-thin, blue-grey plates, up
to 1 cm, on matrix (etched out of a calcite vein with HCl). 08x04x05.
Hiway 5 roadcuts, near Wakefield, Quebec, Canada. $25.00.
CAN02. Thumbnail. A plate of thick, flat-lying crystals,
up to 1cm in size, on matrix (etched out of a calcite vein with HCl).
Hiway 5 roadcuts, near Wakefield, Quebec, Canada. $20.00.
HEULANDITE
CAN01. A cluster of translucent, grey crystals on matrix. 05x04x02. Two Islands, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada.
$10.00.
CAN02. A mound of transparent, 3mm, colourless crystals on matrix. 05x04x03. Amethyst cove, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada.
$10.00.
HOLMQUISTITE
CAN01. Blue-black fibrous in matrix. 05x04x0.5. Quebec Lithium mine, Barraute, Quebec, Canada.
$10.00.
HORNBLENDE
CAN03. Black, terminated and double terminated, stubby crystals, up to 1 cm long, with grey-brown Orthoclase. Etched out
of Calcite matrix by both nature and man. (x2). 07x05x04. North of Millar mine, Tory Hill, Ontario, Canada.
$20.00 each.
LABRADORITE
CAN01. Polished slabs of LABRADORITE with patterns of blue
and yellow or bronze. (x28). 06x08x0.5. Tabor Island, Nain, Labrador,
Canada.
$30.00 each.
LAMPROPHYRE (Diamondiferous)
CAN01. Black, fine-grained massive with minor Calcite
veining. 07x05x02. Akluilak Lamprophyre 120 Km NW of Rankin Inlet,
Nunavut territory, Canada. This rock has yielded 100 to 1000 industrial
grade microdiamonds/Kg in the past but no Diamonds are visible on the
surface to my eye. (x2).
$10.00 each.
LAZULITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Lustrous, blue-black crystals on matrix. (x8). Rapid Creek, 120 Km west of Inuvik, Yukon territory, Canada.
$10.00 each.
CAN02. Thumbnail. A plate of lustrous, blue-black crystals on matrix. Rapid Creek, 120 Km west of Inuvik, Yukon territory, Canada.
$30.00.
CAN07. A plate of lustrous, large, dark-blue crystals on matrix with minor Quartz and Siderite. Good coverage. 08x04x05.
Rapid Creek, 120 Km west of Inuvik, Yukon territory, Canada. Collected in 2002.
$75.00.
CAN08. A plate of lustrous, large, dark-blue crystals on
matrix with or without lustrous Quartz and Siderite. Good coverage.
(x10). 10x08x03. Rapid Creek, 120 Km west of Inuvik, Yukon territory,
Canada. Collected in 2002.
$150.00 each.
CAN09. A scattering of lustrous, 5-10mm, blue-black crystals on brown matrix. 06x05x02.
Rapid Creek, 120 Km west of Inuvik, Yukon territory, Canada. Collected in 2006.
$15.00.
Fluor-MAGNESIOKATOPHORITE
CAN01. A giant, black, lustrous, double terminated crystal
with numerous areas of damage along the prism from contact points.
12x10x10. Bear Lake diggings, near Tory Hill, Ontario, Canada.
$50.00 plus shipping.
CAN02. A plate of black, lustrous, terminated crystals, up
to 3cm in size, without matrix. 10x06x03. Bear Lake diggings, near Tory
Hill, Ontario, Canada.
$20.00.
CAN03. A crudely double terminated, single crystal full of
inclusions. (x2). 08x04x02. Bear Lake diggings, near Tory Hill,
Ontario, Canada.
$20.00 each.
CAN04. A floater of terminated and double terminated
crystals, up to 1cm in size, intergrown with green-brown Apatite.
Inclusions give this specimen a dirty look. The presence of Apatite
prevents a good acid cleaning to get rid of iron oxidation. 05x03x02.
Bear Lake diggings, near Tory Hill, Ontario, Canada.
$10.00.
MANGANITE
CAN01. A plate of low lustre, sharp crystals, up to 5mm on edge, on matrix. (x2). 06x07x05. Caland pit, Atikokan, Ontario, Canada.
$20.00 each.
CAN02. A plate of low lustre, sharp crystals, up to 5mm on edge, on matrix. (x3). 07x03x02. Caland pit, Atikokan, Ontario, Canada.
$10.00 each.
METASTIBNITE
CAN01. Abundant, red powder with Valentinite, Kermesite and
Stibnite microcrystals on matrix. 04x03x02. Lac Nicolet Antimony mine,
South Ham Township, Wolfe county, Quebec, Canada. From 1986.
$10.00.
MICROCLINE/ORTHOCLASE/SANIDINE
CAN01. Highly lustrous, pale pink Microcline crystals with
lustrous, black Diopside crystals and sharp, highly lustrous
micro-titanite crystals.
04x04x03. Yates mine, Sandy Creek, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada.
Collected fall 2004. Accompaning calcite has been etched away.
$15.00.
MILLERITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. A matt of dark-bronze, fibrous crystals without matrix. (x5). Thompson Nickel mine, Thompson, Manitoba, Canada.
$10.00 each.
CAN02. A matt of dark-bronze, fibrous crystals on minor matrix. 05x03x01. Thompson Nickel mine, Thompson, Manitoba, Canada.
$20.00.
CAN03. Sparse, terminated microcrystals of Millerite in
small vugs in green Diopside-Grossular matrix. (x2). 05x04x03. Orford
Nickel mine, St-Denis de Brompton, Quebec, Canada.
$25.00 each.
NIOCALITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Tiny, yellow, transparent microcrystals in
grey carbonatite. (x3). Saint Lawrence, Columbium and Rare metals
mines, Oka, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. $5.00 each.
CAN02. Tiny, yellow, transparent microcrystals and crystal
sections in grey carbonatite. (x7). 03x03x03. Saint Lawrence, Columbium
and Rare metals mines, Oka, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. $10.00 each.
NICCOLITE
CAN03. Massive. 06x05x04. Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada.
$25.00.
CAN04 A rich, crudely polished slab of intergrown Niccolite
and Gersdorffite with minor calcite. 08x06x01. Cobalt-Gowganda region,
Ontario, Canada (the exact locality has been lost). $15.00.
CAN05 An endcut of massive NICCOLITE veins running through
a breccia cemented by pale-pink Calcite. 16x09x06. Colonial mine,
Cobalt, Ontario, Canada.
$35.00 plus shipping.
PENTLANDITE
CAN01. ~3% Pentlandite eyes, up to 6mm in size, in massive Pyrrhotite matrix. (x6). 05x04x02. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
$10.00 each.
CAN02. ~3% Pentlandite eyes, up to 6mm in size, in massive Pyrrhotite matrix. Sawn face. 06x04x15. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
$20.00 each plus shipping.
CAN04. ~5% Pentlandite eyes, up to 6mm in size, in massive
Pyrrhotite +/- Chalcopyrite matrix. (x4). 12x07x04. Sudbury, Ontario,
Canada.
$20.00 each plus shipping.
PEROVSKITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Black microcrystals in grey carbonatite.
St. Lawrence, Columbium and Rare metals mines, Oka, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. $10.00.
PREHNITE
CAN02. Blocky crystals, up to 15mm, on massive of the same. 05x05x02. Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada.
$15.00.
CAN03. A plate of lustrous, opaque, brown crystal aggregates on matrix. 05x03x01. Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada.
$5.00.
PYROCHLORE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Brown microcrystals in grey carbonatite.
(x13). Saint Lawrence, Columbium and Rare metals mines, Oka, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada. $10.00 each.
CAN02. Sparse, red-brown, 1-3 mm, Pyrochlore crystals in
grey carbonatite. (x9). 03x03x02. Saint Lawrence, Columbium and Rare
metals mines, Oka, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. $10.00 each.
CAN03. Abundant, opaque, red-brown, 1-3 mm, Pyrochlore
crystals with abundant dark-green Biotite books in grey carbonatite.
08x05x05. Saint Lawrence, Columbium and Rare metals mines, Oka,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Extinct locality.
$100.00.
PYROMORPHITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Four apple-green crystal clusters per box.
The crystals average 5-10mm. Society Girl mine, Moyie, British
Columbia, Canada. $20.00.
PYRRHOTITE
CAN01. Massive with minor Pentlandite. 10x09x09. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
$10.00 plus shipping.
CAN02. Massive with massive Chalcopyrite and abundant silicate inclusions. Sawn face. 14x09x07. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
$20.00 plus shipping.
QUARTZ
CAN01. A plate of stubby, Smokey QUARTZ crystals with a red
or black Hematite coating. 08x04x02. Musclow road, Haliburton county,
Ontario, Canada.
$20.00.
RAMMELSBERGITE
CAN01. A heavy, crudely polished slab of large
Rammelsbergite flame structures. There is massive Skutterudite and
Niccolite between the flame structures. Confirmed by EDS. (x4).
10x09x01. Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada (the exact locality
has been lost).
$20.00 plus shipping.
CAN02. A crudely polished end cut of 1 cm patches of massive Rammelsbergite in breccia matrix. Confirmed by EDS. (x4). 09x05x01.
Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada (the exact locality has been lost).
$10.00 each.
CAN03. A crudely polished end cut of massive Rammelsbergite and massive Niccolite. Confirmed by EDS. (x2). 06x05x01.
Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada (the exact locality has been lost).
$10.00 each.
SCAPOLITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Terminated, 3x1.5x1.5 cm, lustrous, translucent, grey crystal. Minor black allanite scale. Hiway 121 roadcuts near
Bethel Church road, near Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
$20.00.
CAN03. A terminated, grey crystal with abundant green-black
Allanite scale. Classic woody appearance. (x2). 05x02x02. Maniwaki,
Quebec, Canada.
$10.00 each.
CAN04. A group of parallel, terminated, grey crystals with abundant green-black Allanite scale. Classic woody appearance. 10x04x03.
Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada.
$30.00.
CAN05. Purple massive with minor Biotite. 08x06x03. Fort Coulonge, Quebec, Canada.
$10.00.
SIDERITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. A plate of lustrous, transparent, brown
crystals with minor Lazulite. Rapid Creek, 120 Km west of Inuvik, Yukon
territory, Canada. $15.00.
SILVER
CAN01. Thumbnail. Native Silver in arsenide-calcite vein. Very rich. Hudson Bay mine, Gowganda, Ontario, Canada.
$25.00.
CAN02. Thumbnail. Native Silver in arsenide-calcite vein. Very rich. Capitol mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
$25.00.
CAN04. A thick end-piece slab of Silver in
Calcite-Breithauptite matrix. Extremely rich! Crudely polished on one
side. The polished face is ~70% Silver by area. 05x04x02. Cobalt,
Ontario, Canada. $40.00.
CAN05. A heavy plate of Silver intermixed with massive,
grey Safflorite and minor black Tetrahedrite. Very rich. 06x04x01.
Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. $30.00.
CAN07. Thumbnail. A large, rich plate of Native Silver with minor matrix. (x5). McKinley-Durragh mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada.
$20.00 each.
CAN08. Thumbnail. A large, rich plate of Native Silver in grey arsenide-calcite vein. (x12). O'Brien mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
$20.00 each.
CAN11. A solid plate of bright Native Silver. (x2). 06x03x0.01. Castle mine, Gowganda, Ontario, Canada.
$50.00 each.
CAN13. Branching SILVER etched out of matrix. There is some
Greenstone rock matrix still attatched. Tarnished. 06x03x01. Capitol
mine, Cobalt mining district, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada $50.00.
CAN14. Rich Native Silver in Bornite. 03x03x0.5. Strathcona mine, near Levack, Sudbury region, Ontario, Canada
$20.00.
CAN15. A very rich, polished end-cut of NATIVE SILVER (50%)
in massive Skutterudite. 07x04x01. Nipissing Hill, Cobalt mining
district, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada $50.00.
CAN17. A polished end-cut of NATIVE SILVER (5%) in Skutterudite-Calcite vein. 09x06x02. Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada.
$20.00.
CAN18. A crudely polished slab of rich veins of disseminated
SILVER overgrown by SKUTTERUDITE in calcite running through greenstone.
(x5). 10x03x01. Langis mine, Cassey Township, New Liskheard, Cobalt
mining camp, Ontario, Canada. $40.00 plus shipping.
CAN19. A crudely polished slab of ~5% SILVER streaks
running through ~70% botryoidal SAFFLORITE. 07x07x01. Cobalt-Gowganda
region, Ontario, Canada.
$100.00.
CAN20. A crudely polished slab of ~2% SILVER streaks
running through ~70% disseminated Skutterudite in Calcite. 17x09x01.
Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada.
$75.00 plus shipping.
CAN21. A crudely polished slab of ~20% SILVER streaks
running through ~60% disseminated Skutterudite in Calcite. 05x04x0.5.
Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada.
$40.00.
CAN22. A highly polished, triangular slab of ~10% SILVER
streaks running through ~80% disseminated Niccolite and Gersdorffite in
Calcite. (x2). 07x03x0.5. Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada.
$25.00 each.
CAN23. A lacquered slab of a rich vein of disseminated SILVER overgrown by SKUTTERUDITE in calcite running through greenstone. (x12).
12x07x01. Langis mine, Cassey Township, New Liskheard, Cobalt mining camp, Ontario, Canada.
$35.00 plus shipping.
CAN24. A lacquered slab of a vein of disseminated SILVER overgrown by SKUTTERUDITE in calcite running through diabase.
14x15x01. Castle mine, Gowganda, Ontario, Canada.
$35.00.
SKUTTERUDITE
CAN03. Botryoidal massive to granular with abundant vugs.
The Calcite filling the vugs has been etched away with acid. The matrix
is ~15% silver. Sawn base. 11x07x06. Langis mine, Cassey Township, New
Liskheard, Cobalt mining camp, Ontario, Canada. $40.00 plus shipping.
CAN04. A polished end cut of massive Skutterudite in
pale-pink Calcite. Minor Native Silver. 12x06x02. Cobalt-Gowganda
region, Ontario, Canada. $10.00 plus shipping.
CAN05. A lacquered slab of disseminated SILVER (~5%)
overgrown by SKUTTERUDITE (~75%) in calcite. 18x10x01. Langis mine,
Cassey Township, New Liskheard, Cobalt mining camp, Ontario, Canada.
$35.00.
SPINEL
CAN02. Thumbnail. Lustrous, black octahedral crystals
greater than or equal to 5mm in/on pale-orange calcite and brown
serpentine pseudomorphs of olivine. (x3). Parker mine,
Notre-dame-du-laus, Quebec, Canada. $10.00 each.
CAN03MI. Thumbnail. 1 cm black crystal(s) with dull luster
in very coarse-grained white calcite. Cross Quarry, Wakefield, Quebec,
Canada. $20.00.
STRONTIANITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. A plate of dirty-yellow, reticulated
clusters, up to 5mm wide on purple Fluorite stained Quartz matrix.
Francon Quarry, downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. $20.00.
CAN02. A plate of dirty-yellow, reticulated clusters, 3-5mm
wide, on purple Fluorite stained Quartz matrix. (x3). 04x03x01. Francon
Quarry, downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. $10.00 each.
CAN03. Sparse, dirty-yellow, reticulated clusters, 3-5mm
wide, on purple Fluorite stained Quartz matrix. 12x07x05. Francon
Quarry, downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. $20.00 plus shipping.
CAN07. A 6x4x2 cm vug lined with grey Quartz crystals and
abundant, 8mm, grey, acicular Strontianite crystals in bundles of
parallel growth. There is a partial coating of Al(OH)3 on the
Strontianites. Sawn base. 18x06x14. Francon Quarry, downtown Montreal,
Quebec, Canada. $50.00.
TITANITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Two brown Titanite crystals, up to 1cm, with minor matrix. Tory Hill, Ontario, Canada.
$10.00.
CAN02. A 15mm, lustrous, brown Titanite crystal on
Orthoclase-Calcite matrix. 05x03x02. North of Millar mine, Tory Hill,
Ontario, Canada. $10.00.
TREMOLITE
CAN01. A rich mound of stubby, green-black crystals, up to 1 cm in size, on matrix. 10x07x04. Miners Bay, Ontario, Canada.
$20.00.
CAN02. A large plate of opaque, green-black crystals, up to
3 cm in size, with Kspar and micro-Titanite crystals. Etched out of
Calcite. 22x15x04. Hiway 5 roadcuts, near Wakefield, Quebec, Canada. A
prominant fearure is a 7cm long Tremolite crystal which was broken into
5 pieces by mother nature.
$100.00.
URANINITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. A partial, octahedron, 2cm on edge off
matrix. The surfaces are dull and altered/coated with a white mineral.
Payne property, Champlain lookout, Gatineau Park, Pontiac county,
Quebec, Canada. $20.00. PICKUP ONLY!!
CAN02. Thumbnail. A dull lustre Uraninite cube, 5mm on edge, without matrix. (x11). Cardiff mine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada.
$15.00 each.
CAN03. One or more grey cubooctahedrons, up to 4mm in size,
in acid-etched, orange Calcite matrix with coarsely crystallized
Pyroxene, Titanite and Feldspar. (x4). 05x04x02. Woodcox Property, near
Silver Crater, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. $40.00 each.
CAN04. Thumbnail. One or more grey cubooctahedrons, up to
4mm in size, in acid-etched, orange Calcite matrix with coarsely
crystallized Pyroxene, Titanite and Feldspar. (x8). Woodcox Property,
near Silver Crater, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. $20.00 each.
UVITE
CAN01. A large cluster of lustrous, jet-black, terminated
crystals, up to 2cm in size, intergrown with minor grey Quartz.
05x04x03. Tait farm, L'Amable, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
$15.00.
VALENTINITE
CAN02. Small, grey, tabular crystals in small vugs with
Kermesite and Stibnite. 04x02x02. Lac Nicolet Antimony mine, South Ham
Township, Wolfe county, Quebec, Canada.
$20.00.
VESUVIANITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous purple and/or green crystals. (x50). Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada.
$10.00 each.
CAN02. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous green crystals. (x2). LAB Quarry, Black Lake, Quebec, Canada.
$15.00 each.
CAN04. A plate of highly lustrous purple and/or green
crystals on matrix of the same. (x19). 06x02x02. Jeffrey mine,
Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. This is new material from the summer of 2005.
$15.00 each.
CAN05. A plate of highly lustrous purple and/or green
crystals on matrix of the same. (x9). 06x04x02. Jeffrey mine, Asbestos,
Quebec, Canada. This is new material from the summer of 2005.
$25.00 each.
CAN06. A very nice plate of highly lustrous purple and/or
green crystals on matrix of the same. Minimal contact damage. (x5).
06x04x02. Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. This is new material
from the summer of 2005.
$35.00 each.
CAN07. My best grade of highly lustrous purple and green
crystals on matrix of the same. Minimal contact damage. (x3). 07x04x02.
Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. This is new material from the
summer of 2005.
$50.00 each.
CAN09. Highly lustrous, dark-green crystals, up to 4mm in
length on matrix of the same. Sawn base. 06x02x03. LAB Quarry, Black
Lake, near Thetford mines, Quebec, Canada. $15.00.
VLASOVITE
CAN02. Thumbnail. A loose, 1x2 cm, partially gemmy, brown
cleavage. Collected in 1989. (x3). Kipawa alkaline complex, near
Timiskaming, Quebec, Canada. $30.00 each.
WELOGANITE
CAN01. Yellow crystals with or without white Al(OH)3 coating
on matrix. (x32). 05x03x02. Francon Quarry, downtown Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. $10.00 each.
CAN03. Thumbnail. Terminated crystals on matrix. The
crystals are partially or completely coated with a fluorescent, white
Al(OH)3 mineral. (x8). Francon Quarry, downtown Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. $10.00 each.
CAN04. Abundant yellow crystals with or without white
Al(OH)3 coating on matrix. (x4). 05x03x02. Francon Quarry, downtown
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. $20.00 each.
CAN06. A plate of abundant yellow crystals, up to 5mm in size, on Quartz on matrix. 13x11x02. Francon Quarry, downtown
Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
$35.00.
WHITEITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. Imperfect, blocky tan crystals on matrix. Rapid Creek, 120 Km west of Inuvik, Yukon territory, Canada.
$20.00.
CAN05. An imperfect, 1 cm, tan, blocky crystal on Quartz
matrix. 06x03x02. Rapid Creek, 120 Km west of Inuvik, Yukon territory,
Canada. Collected in 2002.
$20.00.
CAN08. Rich coverage of 1 cm, tan, blocky crystals on
rusty matrix. Many intact crystals. Minor, nondescript Lazulite.
08x04x02. Rapid Creek, 120 Km west of Inuvik, Yukon territory, Canada.
Collected in 2002.
$50.00.
WODGINITE
CAN01. Tens of black microcrystals frozen in very
pale-yellow Sericite-Quartz matrix. Most of the crystals are broken but
there is a scattering of intact ones. (x6). 04x02x01. Tanco mine,
Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada.
$20.00 each.
CAN02. Hundreds of black microcrystals frozen in very
pale-yellow Sericite-Quartz matrix. Most of the crystals are broken but
there is a scattering of intact ones. (x2). 08x06x03. Tanco mine,
Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada.
$40.00 each.
WOLLASTONITE
CAN01. Thumbnail. White, striated crystals intergrown with
lustrous, green Vesuvianite. (x4). Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec,
Canada. Old material from long ago!
$10.00 each.
CAN02. White, 1 cm, striated crystals intergrown with
lustrous, green Vesuvianite. (x3). 04x03x02. Jeffrey mine, Asbestos,
Quebec, Canada. Old material from long ago!
$15.00 each.
ZIRCON
CAN01. A cluster of lustrous, opaque, brown crystals, up to
3cm long, intermixed with black Richterite amphibole. 05x03x02. Lac
Kipawa, Timiskaming, Quebec, Canada. FLUORESCENT.
$30.00.