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Amethyst/Améthyste

Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum/Musée Royal de l'Ontario
Notes: This variety of quartz is the official mineral emblem of Ontario./Cette varieté de quartz est l'emblème minéral de l'Ontario.
Photography: Calvin Nicholls, reproduced courtesy of Nicholls Design, Inc.

Cubanite crystals/Cristaux de cubanite

Location: Henderson Mine, Chibougamau, Québec
Source: Canadian Museum of Nature/Musée Canadien de la Nature
Photography: Jeffrey A. Scovil, reproduced courtesy of Canadian Museum of Nature
Photographie: Jeffrey A. Scovil, courtoisie Musée Canadien de la Nature

Diopside on grossular/Diopside sur grossulaire

Location: Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec
Notes: This asbestos mine, exploited for more than 100 years, is a world famous mineral locality./Cette mine d'amiante, exploitée depuis plus de 100 ans, est une localité minéralogique reconnue mondialement.
Source: Canadian Museum of Nature/Musée Canadien de la Nature
Photography: Jeffrey A. Scovil, reproduced courtesy of Canadian Museum of Nature
Photographie: Jeffrey A. Scovil, courtoisie Musée Canadien de la Nature

Gypsum/Gypse

Location: Red River Floodway, Winnipeg/Canal de diversion de la riviére Rouge, Winnipeg.
Source: Geological Survey of Canada/Commission Géologique du Canada
Notes: Rosettes such as this one are found in clay sediments near Winnipeg./On trouve des rosettes comme celle-ci dans les sédiments argileux près de Winnipeg.
Photography: Claire Dufour

Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite/Lazulite, quartz et sidérite

Location: Rapid Creek, Yukon
Source: Geological Survey of Canada/Commission Géologique du Canada
Notes: Lazulite is the official gemstone of the Yukon./La lazulite est la pierre gemme officielle du Yukon.
Photography: Claire Dufour

Native gold/Or natif

Location: Pioneer mine, Bridge River District, British Columbia/Mine Pioneer, district Bridge River, Columbie Britannique
Source: Royal Ontario Museum/Musée Royal de l'Ontario
Notes: This specimen of solid spongy gold weighs 8.8 troy ounces/Cet échantillon d'or massif pèse 8,8 onces troy.
Photography: Calvin Nicholls, reproduced courtesy of Nicholls Design, Inc./courtoisie de Nicholls Design, Inc.

Pyrite crystals/Cristaux de pyrite

Location: Logrono, Spain/Logrono, Espagne
Source:Collection de géologie de l'Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Photography: Claire Dufour

Pyromorphite/Pyromorphite

Location: Society Girl Mine, Moyie, British Columbia/Mine Society Girl, Moyie, Columbie Britannique
Source: M. Y. Williams Geological Museum, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Notes: This mine, closed long ago, produced the finest Canadian examples of polymorphite./Cette mine, fermée depuis longtemps a donné les plus beaux échantillons canadiens de pyromorphite.
Photography: Ken Mayer

Pyrrhotite on Calcite/Pyrrhotite sur calcite

Location: Nigadoo River Mines Ltd., Robertville, New Brunswick/ Mines Nigadoo River Ltd., Robertville, Nouveau-Brunswick.
Source: Redpath Museum/Musée Redpath, McGill University
Photography: Claire Dufour

Quartz, variety amethyst - sceptre habit/Quartz sceptre, variété améthyste

Location: Denny Mountain, King County, Washington
Source: M. Y. Williams Geological Museum, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Photography: Ken Mayer

Rhodochrosite (rose) with Aegirine (dark green) and Genthelvite (white)

Location: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec
Source: Redpath Museum/Musée Redpath, McGill University
Notes: This locality is famous world wide for the more than 180 minerals identified there./Cette localité est reconnue mondialement pour les quelques 180 espèces minérales qu'on y a identifiées.
Photography: Claire Dufour

Uranophane/Uranophane

Location: Faraday Mine/Mine Faraday, Bancroft, Ontario
Photography: Calvin Nicholls, reproduced courtesy of Nicholls Design Inc.