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UPDATED AUGUST 4, 2000

Welcome to the Canadian Room.  It has been a while since I placed some new specimens into this arena so here goes:

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This site is for the Canadian Outdoor Recreationist!
 
 

Specimens

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CAN 301 - $35.00  Silver Cobalt Lake Mine Cobalt, Ontario 2.1 cm wire of native silver.  This specimen consists of an intricately shaped wire.

 

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CAN 302 - $30.00  Silver Cobalt Lake Mine Cobalt, Ontario Stout 2.2 cm wire of native silver.  What this wire lacks in character it makes up for in gerth.

 

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CAN 303 - $50.00  Silver Cobalt Lake Mine Cobalt, Ontario 4.2 cm wire of native silver.  This specimen consists of an intricately coiled wire.

 

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CAN 304 - $40.00  Silver Cobalt Lake Mine Cobalt, Ontario 2.6 cm collection of wires of native silver.  This specimen consists of an intricately combined wires.

 

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CAN 305 - $50.00  Silver Cobalt Lake Mine Cobalt, Ontario 2.6 cm wire of native silver.  This specimen is actually a lot longer than 2.6 cm if it were fully extended.

 

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CAN 306 - $35.00  Silver Cobalt Lake Mine Cobalt, Ontario 2.4 cm wire of native silver.  This specimen abruptly changes from a thick wire to a smaller gauged coil at the top.

 

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CAN 307 - $40.00  Silver Cobalt Lake Mine Cobalt, Ontario 2.7 cm wire of native silver.  This specimen consists of an intricately shaped wire.

 

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CAN 308 - $60.00  Silver Cobalt Lake Mine Cobalt, Ontario 3.2 cm sinuous wire wire of native silver.  This specimen has more twists and turns than a freeway in Los Angeles!

 

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CAN 309 - $35.00  Silver Cobalt Lake Mine Cobalt, Ontario 2.2 cm wire of native silver.  Like the one before it this specimen had a tough time with the concept of a straight line.

 

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CAN 310 - $65.00  Silver Cobalt Lake Mine Cobalt, Ontario 2.8 x 2.3 cm set of native silver wires. This is one of the more aesthetic of the bunch here.

 

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CAN 311 - $25.00  Vesuvianite Jeffrey Mine Asbestos, Quebec 3.2 x 2.5 cm cluster of light yellow crystals of lustrous vesuvianite.  The largest crystal is 1 cm in length.

 

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CAN 312 - $75.00  Pink Grossular Garnet with Diopside Jeffrey Mine Asbestos, Quebec 3.5 x 2.4 cm specimen of green diopside crystals with white pectolite hosting a few crystals of rich pink grossular.  This is the toughest color to find at the quarry.  The large crystal near the top is 0.7 cm across.

 

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CAN 313 - $55.00  Pink Grossular Garnet  Jeffrey Mine Asbestos, Quebec 3.8 x 3.1 cm specimen of quartzite with four crystals of pink grossular.  The two crystals on the left have been dinged a bit but the largest of the four on the right is in perfect condition measuring 0.7 cm across.

 

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CAN 314 - $95.00  Pink Grossular Garnet with Diopside Jeffrey Mine Asbestos, Quebec 4.5 x 2.8 cm specimen of green diopside crystals with white pectolite hosting crystals of rich pink grossular.  This is the toughest color to find at the quarry.  The largest crystals on this specimen are 0.5 cm across.

 

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CAN 315 - $45.00  Pink Grossular Garnet with Diopside Jeffrey Mine Asbestos, Quebec 3 x 1.6 cm specimen of green diopside crystals with white pectolite hosting a few crystals of light pink grossular.   The largest crystal seen here in the close up is 0.6 cm across and is gemmy.

 

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CAN 340 - $35.00  Pink Grossular Garnet with Diopside Jeffrey Mine Asbestos, Quebec 1.3 x 1.2 cm specimen of green diopside crystals with a crystal of rich pink grossular.  The crystal is 0.7 cm across.

 

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CAN 316 - $50.00  Grossular Garnet Jeffrey Mine Asbestos, Quebec 4.6 x 4 cm specimen of quartz hosting a druse of rich lime to pine green crystals of green grossular to 0.4 cm across.

 

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CAN 317 - $35.00  Green Grossular Garnet  Jeffrey Mine Asbestos, Quebec 0.7 cm crystal of green grossular and several others are found on this 4.5 x 2.8 cm specimen of pectolite.

 

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CAN 318 - $45.00  Prehnite &  Grossular Garnet  Jeffrey Mine Asbestos, Quebec 3.5 x 2.3 cm specimen of off white pectolite hosting several prismatic crystals of sharply crystallized prehnite to 0.8 cm in length.  There are scattered green grossular crystals seen scattered across the specimen.

 

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CAN 319 - $30.00  Fluorapatite Rapid Creek Yukon Territory 5 x 3 cm specimen of siliceous mudstone hosting a grouping of violet colored fluorapatite crystals and several bladed siderite crystals.  The largest fluorapatite is 0.7 cm in length.

 

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CAN 320 - $40.00  Sphalerite Beamsville Otario 6 x 4.2 cm specimen of volcanic matrix with an exposed vug hosting a 1.1 cm crystal of transluscent sphalerite.  This crystal is complete without any damage.  There are infact several smaller crystals tucked further back into the recesses of this specimen.

 

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CAN 321 - $75.00  Wernerite v. Marialite Gooderham Ontario 6 x 1.5 cm specimen with a fully terminated 4.3 cm crystal of Wernerite.  The marialite variety is distinguished from the mieonite variety by a chlorine atom vs a carbonate complex.  It is also weaky fluorescent red under SW UV light.

 

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CAN 322 - $30.00  Scapolite Yates Uranium Mine Otter Lake, Quebec  5.5 x 2.5 cm specimen of many species including scapolite, fluorite, calcite and apatite.  The scapolite crystal is a block 2.4 x 2.5 cm and is fully terminated. It is also fluorescent red under SW UV light.

 

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CAN 323 - $35.00  Vesuvianite Marble Quarry Malone, Ontario 2.5 x 2 cm crystal of dark greenish black idocrase (vesuvianite) on marble.  The crystal is not complete or as splashy as the crystals seen from Jeffrey but it is a very rarely seen locality.

 

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CAN 324 - $50.00  Stilbite & Heulandite Minas Basin Nova Scotia 6.2 x 4.5 cm specimen of lustrous, creamy white stilbite crystals and light salmon colored heulandite. The longest stilbite crystal is 5.4 cm.

 

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CAN 325 - $100.00  Svanbergite on Dolomite Mt. Brussilof Mine nr. Radium, British Columbia 4.5 x 3.2 cm specimen of milky white dolomite with scattered cinnamon brown crystals of svanbergite to 2 mm across.  Svanbergite is a rare species with the chemical formula: SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6.

 

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CAN 326 - $30.00  Epistilbite on Heulandite Black Rock Nova Scotia 4.9 x 4 cm specimen of salmon colored heulandite with milky white crystals of epistilbite to 0.7 cm in length.

 

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CAN 327 - $40.00  Collinsite Francois Lake British Columbia 7 x 5.5 cm half nodule of nearly pure collinsite.  The center of the specimen is a small piece of volcanic rock around which was deposited the collinsite.  Collinsite is a relatively rare phosphate species with the chemical formula: Ca2(Mg,Fe++)(PO4)2·2(H2O).

 

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CAN 328 - $40.00  Lazulite Rapid Creek Yukon Territory 6.5 x 3.7 cm specimen hosting dozens of lustrous, deep bluish green crystals of lazulite.  The largest crystal is 0.6 cm across.

 

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CAN 329 - $50.00  Lazulite Rapid Creek Yukon Territory 6.5 x 4 cm specimen hosting dozens of lustrous, deep bluish green crystals of lazulite.  The largest crystal is 0.7 cm across.

 

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CAN 330 - $125.00  Cobaltite Espanola Ontario 6 x 4.5 cm specimen of massive feldspar with embedded crystals of cobaltite to 1.3 cm across.

 

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CAN 331 - $65.00  Cobaltite Espanola Ontario 6.2 x 5 cm specimen of massive feldspar with a dozen or so cubic crystals of cobaltite to 0.8 cm across.

 

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CAN 332 - $150.00  Kulanite & Apatite Rapid Creek Yukon Territory 4.3 x 3.2 cm specimen of white apatite crystals to 0.5 cm in length and abundant, bladed, deep olive green crystals of kulanite to 0.5 cm.  This is the only known locality for this species with the formula: Ba(Fe++,Mn,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3.

 

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CAN 342 - $75.00  Kulanite, Siderite & Apatite Rapid Creek Yukon Territory 5 x 4 cm specimen of white apatite crystals to 0.4 cm in length and bladed, deep olive green crystals of kulanite to 0.4 cm.  This is the only known locality for this species with the formula: Ba(Fe++,Mn,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3.

 

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CAN 343 - $50.00  Kulanite, Siderite & Apatite Rapid Creek Yukon Territory 3.8 x 2.5 cm specimen of white apatite crystals to 0.3 cm in length and bladed, deep olive green crystals of kulanite to 0.4 cm.  This is the only known locality for this species with the formula: Ba(Fe++,Mn,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3. There are very distinctive rhombic crystals of cinnamon colored siderite to 0.3 cm present as well.

 

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CAN 344 - $35.00 Kulanite, Siderite & Apatite Rapid Creek Yukon Territory 2.7 x1.5 cm specimen of white apatite crystals to 0.3 cm in length and bladed, deep olive green crystals of kulanite to 0.4 cm.  This is the only known locality for this species with the formula: Ba(Fe++,Mn,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3.

 

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CAN 333 - $175.00  Catapleiite & Aegerine Mt. St. Hilaire Quebec Superb! 3.5 x 2.2 cm compsite crystal of catapleiite with an attached 1.8 cm crystal of aegerine.  Catapleiite is not a common species with only a few known localities.  Mt. St. Hilaire is the source of the highest quality crystals. Catapleiite contains zirconium.

 

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CAN 334 - $45.00  Catapleiite Mt. St. Hilaire Quebec 3.2 x 2 cm partial crystal of catapleiite with internal crystals of jet black aegerine.

 

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CAN 335 - $20.00  Diopside Orford Nickel Mine near St. Denis de Brampton,  Quebec 2.1 x 1.4 cm lustrous crystal of fully terminated diopside.

 

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CAN 336 - $20.00 Diopside Orford Nickel Mine near St. Denis de Brampton,  Quebec 2.5 x 1.3 cm lustrous crystal of fully terminated diopside.

 

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CAN 337 - $25.00  Cubanite Henderson #2 Mine Chibougamau, Quebec 1 x 0.7 cm crystal of lustrous cubanite.  The crystal is terminated around the perimeter.  The "V" denotes a twinned crystal which is common with this species.

 

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CAN 338 - $25.00  Cubanite Henderson #2 Mine Chibougamau, Quebec 1 x 0.5 cm crystal of lustrous cubanite.  The crystal is terminated around the perimeter.  The "V" denotes a twinned crystal which is common with this species.

 

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CAN 339 - $25.00  Cubanite Henderson #2 Mine Chibougamau, Quebec 1 x 0.7 cm crystal of lustrous cubanite.  The crystal is terminated around the perimeter.  The "V" denotes a twinned crystal which is common with this species.

 

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CAN 341 - $100.00  Barite on Fluorite Rock Candy Mine Grand Forks, British Columbia 7.5 x 6.5 cm specimen of fluorite hosting a few dozen crystals of amber colored barite to 2 cm across.  The fluorite is both green and light violet in color.

 

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