Diopside with minor Calcite
stock #22.1-450
Miller Property, Sebastopol, Renfrew County
Ontario,
Canada
5.4 x 2.9 x 2.7 CM (cabinet)
price: $320
Fall 22
A super well-formed Diopside ex. John Rodger Mitchell collection. From the prolific and incredible Skarn deposits of the Renfrew area in Ontario, this is an exceptionally choice specimen with a deep oil-green color and wet luster. A smaller side crystal is also well terminated but is contacted and incomplete on the bottom end. Overall this is in very good condition as seen, far better than any other examples we have come across. A pretty Pyroxene example that is on textbook form and not a typical Grenville grundge type piece, this is display worthy!
Grossular - frog-egg type, green cores
stock #22.1-435
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos (now Val-des-Sources, Estrie,
Quebec,
Canada
4.2 x 2.6 x 2.3 CM (miniature)
price: $525
Fall 22
Glassy transparent pink color Garnets with emerald green cores on matrix. One of the great treasures found decades ago at the long gone Jeffrey Mine (Asbestos, Quebec) these are modern classics. Very hard to find now in any quality today on the market this piece has excellent luster and several clustered grossular crystals that are complete. Some edge damage exists but the important crystals are fine. Despite the "clustering" the individual crystals are still defined and very bright. For any suite of Garnets these are a must, this habit has never been found anyplace else on earth and there were not many found back then. "Frog-Egg" Garnets are usually very expensive, this piece offers very good value for cost.
Grossular - gemmy crystals with minor Diopside
stock #12.1-175
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos (now Val-des-Sources, Estrie,
Quebec,
Canada
4.3 x 2.4 x 1.6 CM (miniature)
price: $340
Post Tucson 2022
Gem clear Garnets with glassy faces with vivid color and deep striations. The individual crystals are up to 1.3 CM across and contrast with the matrix. In excellent condition as seen, this is from the famed Jeffrey Mine, a modern classic locality that was at one time the source of the world's very best Grossular. Since the mine has been closed these have become much more prized, this miniature piece has a strong display impact that stands out.
Apatite CaF on Calcite - classic Canadian
stock #21.1-354
Faraday Mine, Farady Township, Bancroft District, Hastings County
Ontario,
Canada
9.1 x 5.4 x 2.9 CM (cabinet)
price: $380
Late Summer 2021
A fine, large doubly terminated Apatite crystal sits on an orange Calcite matrix. The Apatite is well-formed with the typical slightly rounded edges and two different types of termination. Fluorapatites are fairly common in the scattered Skarns of this region but substantial crystals like this are not found very often. There are some minor contacts but overall this is a distinctive textbook form crystal with some areas of glassy luster. A modern classic.
Fluorite - multi-colored cuboctahedron
stock #21.1-287
Madoc, Centre Hastings, Hastings County
Ontario,
Canada
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.3 CM (miniature)
price: $450
Late Summer 2021
The Madoc area of Ontario, Canada is well-known for unusual Fluorites, some of the best in all of Canada. This specimen has an unusual mix of colors which also vary depending on the light source from a yellowish to green and orange to an unusual pinkish hue. It seems there are inclusions on some internal planes that add color and help to refract light. Some faces are slightly frosted but others are very lustrous, the edges are very sharp and the whole is transparent to translucent. The bottom is contacted but the crystal above that zone has very nice form. These better Canadian Fluorites are not available for sale very often, this was collected more than 20 years ago. It is still possible to find Fluorite in this area but good pieces are very rare.
Cubanite - classic twinned crystals
stock #AX-29-091
Henderson Number 2, Chibougamau
Quebec,
Canada
2 x 1.3 x 1 CM (thumbnail)
price: $1400
new year 2021
Cubanite twin crystals in a cluster with virtually no matrix. In fine condition as seen, such good Cubanite crystals have become quite rare as it has been over two decades since the last of this world class find. This one shows excellent golden luster and form, the largest crystal is a full sixling twin. It is very unlikely there will ever be more of this quality found. There are several localities in the world for this mineral but any crystals are very rare and almost all are micros. These Canadian specimens are the by a wide margin the best in the world, and good twins are especially scarce now.
SOLD Selenite
stock #SOLD 20.1-265-(LH1132)
Red river floodway, Winnipeg
Manitoba,
Canada
6.1 x 3.7 x 3.1 CM (cabinet)
price: $0
new year 2021
An unusual habit from this famed Canadian locale, a spherical rosette of small bladed crystals hosts a cluster of larger twinned Selenites. I have been informed that at one time some pieces were heated or baked to make this selective white areas on the golden selenite, so this is not fully natural but human modified. Not sure why this was done as the golden color is quite nice on its own but theoverall effect is esthetic in a different way. Overall this looks fine from any angle. The crystals are a golden to orange-yellow color except at the terminations which are a milky white. In fine condition, we have handled a lot of Selenite from this locale but this piece is quite different in style. As is usual for Selenite from the Red River this is strongly fluorescent.
Zircon with Aegirine, Albite etc.
stock #20.1-832
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Monteregie
Quebec,
Canada
5.7 x 4.4 x 4 CM (cabinet)
price: $290
new year 2021
Several sharp Zircons are well-exposed from the classic MSH matrix. The largest Zircon here is 1.4 CM across which is huge for the locality and these crystals are very well-defined. Most of the larger Zircon we have seen from Mont St. Hilaire tend to be much more crude than this. Vividly Fluorescent and in fine undamaged condition.
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