ET11AJ8: From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors at a not well known until today mineral locality. A group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant and aerial, with a very well defined japan law twin with very sharp crystal forms, clear, colorless and bright.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia  Canada (2008-2011)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

EQ13AI1: From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Floater and very flattened japan law twinned crystal with very sharp crystal edges, transparent, colorless and bright.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia  Canada (2008-2011)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.4 × 0.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.94” × 0.20”

XM70EV: This specimen, from a specific find by a local field collector between 2008 and 2011 in a mineral locality that has remained little known until now, shows a group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, elongated, with an extraordinarily flattened habit and with Japan-law twinning distinct on the terminations that are shiny, between transparent and translucent and with reddish tones in some areas due to the presence of oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia  Canada (2008-2011)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.35” × 0.16”

EL26AI1: From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very well defined japan law twin, with very sharp crystal forms. They are clear, colorless and bright with reddish shades in some areas due to iron oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia  Canada (2008-2011)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.10” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

EJ46AI1: From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Group of crystals, one of them dominant and very aerial, with a very well defined japan law twin and very sharp crystal forms. It is transparent, colorless and bright with reddish shades in some areas due to iron oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia  Canada (2008-2011)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.65” × 0.87” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.47”

EK36AI1: From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Group of crystals, two of them clearly dominant and, of these, one having a very well defined japan law twin. They have very sharp crystal forms and are clear, colorless and bright with reddish shades in some areas due to iron oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia  Canada (2008-2011)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.6 × 3.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.02” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.55”

MJ26AJ0: Radial aggregate of very sharp, colorless, transparent and very bright Gypsum crystals from a classic Canadian locality.
Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba  Canada (1996)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.48” × 2.05” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 3.1 cm = 2.48” × 1.22”

TB76Q6: Floater group of thick prismatic crystals. They are bright, very transparent and have a neat yellow color and have the particularity that they are both fluorescent and phosphorescent under an ultraviolet light.
Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba  Canada (2009)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 4.5 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.87”

MB47AJ1: Floater radial aggregate of thick Gypsum crystals that are very transparent and bright and have a pale yellow color. They have the particularity in that they are both fluorescent and phosphorescent under an ultraviolet light. The sample is from a classic Canadian locality.
Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba  Canada (1996)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.4 × 6.1 cm = 3.19” × 2.91” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.26”

ME91AL8: Twinned crystals of Gypsum, transparent, very bright and with a color between yellow and orange. Implanted in a spheroidal aggregate of lenticular crystals of the same Gypsum but with a black color, possibly due to organic inclusions. The yellow crystals also have the peculiarity that they show not only fluorescence but also phosphorescence when exposed to ultraviolet light.
Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba  Canada (1996)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 8 × 6.4 cm = 4.21” × 3.15” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 3.5 cm = 1.81” × 1.38”

EG9P9: The samples of Chabazite (probably Chabazite-Ca) from this locality are scarce. The crystals, on matrix, are small, with a pseudocubic appearance, good transparency and luster and slightly pinkish color, contrasting with the white crystals of Heulandite-Ca.
Two Islands, Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia  Canada

Specimen size: 5 × 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.18” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

EG59P9: The crystals from this not so well known locality are on matrix, are trapezohedral and are white with yellowish shades in some areas of the piece.
Wasson Bluff, Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia  Canada

Specimen size: 7 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.54” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

TQ47AL5: Complex floater crystal, very rich in well-defined crystal forms that are rare in Pyrite. From a well-known but poorly known locality.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.59”

TTM13AN7: Very aerial spheroidal growths of glossy black Goethite. On matrix with Dolomite and small cubic Pyrite crystals.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows a Wawa location, which was actually where the port of export of the material extracted from the mine was located.
Helen-MacLeod Mines, McMurray and Chabanel Townships, Algoma District, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.94” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.55”

TD28AD4: Aggregate of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with window (“fenster”) growths in some of their faces and a particularly intense “glassy” luster. The better samples from the Grant Quarry, aside from their scarcity, are especially appreciated by advanced collectors due to their quality, and the neat inner growths.
Grant Quarry, Greely, Gloucester Township, Carleton County, Ontario  Canada (06/2004)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm = 2.05” × 1.85” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3.4 cm = 1.30” × 1.34”

TJ88X4: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with window growths on rhombohedron faces and a particularly intense luster, well known as "glassy". The good samples from Grant Quarry, aside from their scarcity, are specially appreciated by advanced collectors due to their quality, and the neat inner forms of growth and dissolution.
Grant Quarry, Greely, Gloucester Township, Carleton County, Ontario  Canada (06/2004)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.9 × 3.9 cm = 2.36” × 1.93” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 5 × 3.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.38”

TH59AD3: Aggregate of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with window (“fenster”) growths in some of their faces and a particularly intense “glassy” luster. The better samples from the Grant Quarry, aside from their scarcity, are especially appreciated by advanced collectors due to their quality, and the neat inner growth forms.
Grant Quarry, Greely, Gloucester Township, Carleton County, Ontario  Canada (06/2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.77” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.34”

TE89J0: An unusual specimen from a not so usual locality. The transparency and color of this Quartz scepter are excellent. Some negative faces appear on the termination and also as inclusions, adding interest to the piece. The specimen is a floater, partially covered by small brownish Calcite crystals. Considering the typical quality level of specimens from this locality we can consider this one among the best.
Grant Quarry, Greely, Gloucester Township, Carleton County, Ontario  Canada (06/2004)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.5 × 5 cm = 3.54” × 2.17” × 1.97”

GB16R9: Sharp prismatic crystal with very well defined faces and edges. It is deep green and has a very good luster.
Miners Bay, Haliburton County, Ontario  Canada (±1984)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.42” × 0.59” × 0.43”

TBM16AO2: Complete floater Fluoro-richterite crystal, very sharp and with a very short prismatic habit, almost lenticular. Lustrous, and black with dark green internal reflections. A relatively abundant Canadian classic decades ago and now in short supply, especially in this quality.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
East Gibson Road, Tory Hill, Haliburton County, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 2 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.47”

TX50AD2: Aggregate of translucent and bright crystals with very well defined forms and polycrystalline growths. They have a very uniform honey color and are on a small matrix, with microcrystalline Calcite. The sample is from a classic Canadian locality where it’s currently difficult to obtain samples of such quality.
From the John D. Elliot collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Flamboro Quarry, West Flamborough Township, Hamilton, Ontario  Canada (16/03/2012)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.8 × 4.1 cm = 2.44” × 1.89” × 1.61”

TP16F0: Excellent specimen for a locality that is not well known for this mineral. The crystals are very brilliant and prismatic, and appear cylindrical as they have formed by the parallel growth of many needles, which gives them fine markings. At the ends they have pinacoid terminations that are not continuous due to the way they formed. Very good contrast with the Quartz.
Caland Pit, Steep Rock Lake area, Atikokan, Rainy River District, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 4 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.06” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

VA71Z3: Druse-like growth of very well defined crystals with simple forms and extraordinarily bright. A Manganite sample from a little known Canadian locality, unusual in mineral collecting for an obscure locality to produce a great quality sample. The crystals have been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Caland Pit, Steep Rock Lake area, Atikokan, Rainy River District, Ontario  Canada (±1978)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.5 × 4.4 cm = 3.54” × 2.95” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

MD14AN0: Floater spheroidal growth of Pyrolusite crystals with sharp crystal forms and short prismatic habit, with good luster and a small Calcite crystal at the base.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Caland Pit, Steep Rock Lake area, Atikokan, Rainy River District, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 2.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.94” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

MCR66AP2: Cobaltite crystal on matrix, aerial, with well defined faces and edges, metallic luster and cubic morphology. Note the locality of origin of the piece, which is not as well known as the classic Swedish locality of Hakansboda but which, although less prolific, is one of the few localities that can be compared in quality with that of the specimens from Sweden. Comes from the Thomas P. Moore collection and we will ship it to the buyer in its original Perky box.
Brazil Lake occurrence (Elizabeth Lake Mine, Espanola), Foster Township, Sudbury District, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

TX63G1: This parallel group of well-formed crystals stands out on a matrix of clear Quartz.
Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario  Canada

Specimen size: 7 × 5.2 × 4 cm = 2.76” × 2.05” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

NE63E6: It is hard to get Molibdenite with well-defined crystals, as it is a soft mineral that often deforms, either when it forms or when it is collected. This hexagonal crystal clearly shows the typical shape of Molibdenite crystals and is well placed on the Quartz matrix.
Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 0.83” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.67”

TQ96S7: Dodecahedral crystals of Andradite on matrix. They are very bright, completely transparent, have a deep, intense and uniform green color, and are on a matrix of white Pectolite. The sample is typical for this mine in Québec, that must not be confused with the classic Jeffrey Mine.
British Canadian Mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec  Canada (10/09/1995)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.4 × 0.9 cm = 1.26” × 1.34” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.16” × 0.16”

TT96R9: Dodecahedral crystals of Andradite. They are transparent, very bright and of an extraordinarily deep green color. On matrix, with white crystals of Pectolite.
British Canadian Mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec  Canada (10/09/1995)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.30” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”

EQ17I1: Group of dodecahedral crystals, of well defined faces and edges. They have excellent luster and creamy color. On the lower part there are a few crystals of Epidote. Notable for the locality.
Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec  Canada (1999)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.4 × 5 cm = 4.21” × 2.91” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

TP67AF1: Excellent botryoidal specimen of Suolunite, a very rare calcium sorosilicate. On the sample, translucent and with a pale lilac color, it is possible to recognize crystal faces although they are poorly defined. Of the best possible quality for this species.
Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 4 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.57” × 1.26”

TC12R9: Deep green transparent and bright dodecahedral crystals of Andradite. They are implanted on a surface of small white crystals of Pectolite.
Mine Lac d'Amiante, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec  Canada (15/08/1997)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.8 × 1.3 cm = 1.14” × 1.10” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.24” × 0.16”

TX86F2: Green Grossular, and above all as intense a green as this one, is uncommon. As well as that the dodecahedral crystal is very well defined. Specimens from this locality are not that common anymore.
Mine Lac d'Amiante, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.59” × 0.59” × 0.59”

TMP14AO1: Botryoidal aggregate of Strontianite microcrystals, with a slightly satiny luster and an intense and uniform pink color.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Saint-Dominique, Les Maskoutains RCM, Montérégie Region, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.34” × 0.87” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.16” × 0.16”

EE69AA4: Floater crystal consisting of a complete tabular cyclic twin, very bright and with a considerable size for the species. An excellent Canadian classic whose old label we will send to the buyer.
Henderson No. 2 Mine, Chibougamau, Nord-du-Québec, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.63” × 0.16”

MF93AA7: Complete tabular Cubanite crystal with a very sharp twin forming a hexagonal shape, perfectly defined and on a matrix of lenticular Calcite crystals, indicating that the sample has not been acid-treated, so it has preserved its original intense luster.
Henderson No. 2 Mine, Chibougamau, Nord-du-Québec, Québec  Canada (1985)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.3 × 1.7 cm = 2.83” × 1.69” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.55” × 0.24”

TRT46AN8: Cleavage surfaces of cubic Altaite crystals, a rare natural compound of lead and tellurium, very shiny, on matrix, with Tellurantimony. The locality from which this specimen comes is the type locality for this rare telluride, Tellurantimony.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label stating that it was previously in the Tom Loomis collection and was collected in 1972.
Mattagami Lake Mine, sub-level 825, Mattagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec  Canada (1972)

Specimen size: 3 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.71” × 0.47”

MJ12AM6: Spheroidal Calcite growths, translucent and of an intense red color, on matrix of a Fluorapatite crystal fragment. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label stating that the specimen was previously in the Frank Melanson collection.
Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.06” × 1.06” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

GR27AM2: Elongated Diopside crystals, one of them very aerial and clearly dominant. Lustrous, with very dark tones, on matrix with Calcite crystals and pinkish Fluorapatite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Pedro Goy collection, whose very detailed catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 7 × 6 × 3.6 cm = 2.76” × 2.36” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.59”

TDF14AN4: Doubly terminated floater crystal of Fluorapatite formed by the prism, a bipyramid, and pinacoidal termination. The crystal is lustrous and brown with greenish tones.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87” × 0.47”

TT62M0: Two excellent doubly terminated Zircon crystals formed by a prism and a dipyramid, with an excellent luster and on a very rich undetermined amphibole matrix.
Kipawa complex, Sheffield Lake, Témiscamingue County, Québec  Canada (±1995)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 0.79” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35”

TQT86AN5: Group of trapezohedral Analcime crystals with very sharp and complete crystal forms. They are lustrous, snow-white and partially cover an Aegirine crystal.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.75” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.35”

TL26AK8: A trapezohedral crystal of Analcime, with small black Aegirine crystals, and partially coated with prismatic Natrolite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with excellent terminal faces, an unusual association in Mont Saint-Hilaire.
The specimen will be sent in the original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 0.83” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.79” × 0.79”

TV12F7: As white as a snow ball, with perfect form, the crystals of Analcime grew on earlier ones of Natrolite that have been pseudomorphosed by Siderite to give it delicate architecture and to make it a neat specimen.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (05/2000)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 1.18” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

EFH36AP3: Group of trapezohedral crystals of snow-white Analcime, with small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite, prismatic microcrystals of pink Serandite, and elongated Natrolite crystals.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.14” × 0.94”

MX90W9: The sample is from the type locality. Group of translucent equant crystals with a very deep and intense blue color and very individualized as usual with this kind of sample. A great classic.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (2002)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.42” × 1.10” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

MD64AD3: Aggregate of equant tetragonal crystals that have very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent and bright and have an unusually intense, deep and uniform color and are with small white feldspar crystals. A great Canadian classic, from the type locality.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (2002)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.8 × 3.6 cm = 1.50” × 1.10” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

MC89AA9: Aggregate of very sharp prismatic tetragonal Carletonite crystals, some of them more isolated than usual, whose color is unusually intense, deep and uniform. They are on a Calcite matrix and partially coated by small, white, Feldspar crystals. The three minerals have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (2003)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 0.94”

MD90AA9: Aggregate of prismatic tetragonal Carletonite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, whose color is unusually intense, deep and uniform. They are partially coated by small yellowish Calcite crystals, with white Feldspar crystals. The three minerals have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 51 in the volume 91, number 1, Jan/Feb 2016
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (2003)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.02” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 0.83” × 0.83”

MG47AM6: Very sharp Catapleiite crystal, transparent, lustrous, colorless, with inclusions of Aegirine crystals, on matrix, with rhombohedral Siderite crystals. The specimen is from the most classic locality for the species. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”

TPA87AN5: Group of sharp Catapleiite crystals between lamellar and tabular, unusually separated from each other, with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, with bright luster and a lemon-yellow color. In addition, they are in matrix, which is rare.
We will ship the specimen, from one of the great classic localities for this rare cyclosilicate, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.35” × 0.16”

THH16AP9: Single crystal of Narsarsukite on matrix, with very sharp crystal forms, with a pyramidal termination truncated by the pinacoid. Translucent, lustrous and very deep green in color.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.55” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

E86K: Always trying to offer uncommon minerals we got this rare specimen from a private French collection (the original label will be supplied). We saw some specimens a few years ago, then this mineral disappear completely from the market, because no more finds were made. Color and crystal form of this specimen is of the best quality for this old find.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.10”

EPB96CD6: Group of numerous Pectolite crystals on matrix, of light cream color and transparent, forming fine aerial crystals. This specimen is characterized precisely by its very sharp crystals, something rather uncommon for the species. The locality of origin, the Poudrette Quarry, is known for hosting the best crystallized specimens of this species.
The specimen comes from the collections of Nicholas Theis and David H. Garske, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.4 × 3.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.73” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”

TA46D8: Polylithionite is normally not a great looking mineral. In this case the spray of crystals, nice pearly color, and the Serandite matrix make it appealing. It is an undamaged floater. A nice sample of an uncommon mineral.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (09/03)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.2 × 1 cm = 1.26” × 1.26” × 0.39”

TQ16E4: A very complete specimen in which not only do the magnificent crystals of Polylithonite stand out but also the large (for this locality) crystal of Aegirine and the reasonably well-colored Serandite. Just to complete this mix there are also some small yellow crystals of Leucophanite. It is a floater that is complete and it shows the best characteristics of Mont St. Hilaire: complexity, rarity, and beauty all at the same time. A great specimen.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (09/03)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 5.8 × 5 cm = 5.31” × 2.28” × 1.97”

TR59AI0: Floater twinned complete Rhodochrosite crystals that have a very flattened morphology, so typical at the Poudrette quarry. Aside from their deep and uniform color we note their transparency, not so usual with the Poudrette samples.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.08”

TB64L3: Classic Rhodochrosite specimen from the Poudrette quarry, showing a well developed rhombohedral crystal in the lower part and other very flattened crystals due to the presence of a very prominent pinacoidal face.
We will send the handwritten label from the thumbnail collection of Thomas P. Moore to the buyer of this specimen.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.94” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

EV88AD7: Very sharp, twinned rhombohedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant, bright and with a very intense deep color. This morphology, so well defined, is unusual with samples from Mont Saint-Hilaire.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (08/2015)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.14” × 0.98” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.87”

MB68W9: Rhodochrosite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and intense pink color, with transparent colorless crystals of Natrolite and on a not determined amphibole matrix, with Aegirine. Different than usual.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2012 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 108, page 39
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 5 × 4.3 × 4.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.69” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

TH52AH6: Perimorphs of Rhodochrosite microcrystals, with a pinkish color and brownish shades, that coat a group of elongated Serandite crystals with an intense pink color, with small black and acicular Aegirine crystals and poorly developed white Analcime crystals. Unusual, even considering that the samples from this locality are all mostly unusual.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.38” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 0.6 cm = 2.05” × 0.24”

TE12T6: Aggregate of very flattened crystals of Sabinaite. They have a clear cream color, they are bright and on matrix, with Analcime and Aegirine. The sample is with a label signed by Ann Sabina, in whose honor the species was named.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 4.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.65” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

ME76AM8: Complete floater crystal of Serandite with very sharp crystal forms and good terminations, unusually translucent, with a bright luster and intense color, and acicular inclusions of Aegirine.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.71” × 0.59” × 0.35”

TQR27AN5: Very sharp and complete crystal of Serandite, partially doubly terminated, with good luster and a very intense and uniform pink-red color, implanted in a crystal of Aegirine. A curious freak of Nature.
We will ship the specimen, from one of the great classic localities for this rare inosilicate, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.39” × 0.20”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

MD14G8: Group of very sharp little crystals with Quartz and a prismatic crystal of Aegirine, well finished in one of its terminations.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: Mont St. Hilaire cm = 0.00”

EAM90AN5: Group of Serandite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, with parallel growths, good luster and an intense salmon-pink color, on matrix. They are accompanied by acicular crystals of Aegirine and white prismatic crystals of Natrolite.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.65” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.30” × 0.91”

EG56J5: A group of sharp, flat, prismatic crystals of very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations. Serandite is with prismatic Aegirine and small yellowish-white prismatic crystals of Natrolite.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec  Canada (1980)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.26” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 1.1 cm = 1.22” × 0.43”