A fat Quartz crystal atop Feldspar with attached dark blue Tourmaline. This mine mostly produced Schorl, but dark blue Indicolite is also known. The Indocolite is present both an and inside the Quartz. The blue coloration can be best seen in the smaller crystals, some of which are transparent.

Aesthetic specimen of elongated Calcite crystals on Natrolite. A really neat piece collected by Chuck Trantham in 1961 and held in his collection ever since. The Natrolite has small dark inclusiions giving it a sptted appearance. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.

White rhombic Calcite with attached pale purple Fluorite, tiny scalenohedral Calcite, and Pyrite. Ex. Chuck Trantham.

A 9mm contact twinned Arsenopyrite crystal on matrix. Unusual specimen out of the Judy and Chris Cook collection of twinned thumbnails.

Translucent, elongated twinned yellow/green Adamite crystal. Unusual specimen out of the Judy and Chris Cook collection of twinned thumbnails.

Pink Heulandite crystals and Mordenite lining a vug in basalt. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection, self collected by Chuck in 1970.

Tall, snow-white crystals of Stilbite with Mordenite, complete and well crystallized all around. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection, self collected by Chuck decades ago during his time working as a geologist during construction of the dam.

Bright, silvery acanthite crystals. Octahdral crystals of this Silver Sulfide to 1.2 cm. Nothing but Acanthite crystals all around. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.

Thick 'book' of Phlogopite (mica) from Otter Lake. Sharp, well defined edges with hexagonal form evident. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.

Translucent Calcite crystals to 2.4cm.

Thick rhombs of red Rhodochrosite with attached Leifite (white) and aegerine (black). This is from an August 8, 2015 find that produced a small number of crystals tht are unusually thick for Mont St. Hilaire. We are more accustomed to seeing small wafer-like, twin Rhodo crystals from here, rather than these large, thick crystals. Main crystal is 4cm wide. Undamaged (stepped growth on some corners) with some etched areas, mostly on the backside. Floater specimen with no points of attachment.

Gem quality golden brown crystal complete all around. In excellent condition for this locality, with only some minor edge chipping. Fully transparent internally, so much so you see right through it and some of what looks like inclusions in the photos are really just shadows from some irregular surface areas on the lower backside of the crystal.

Exquisite cluster of brightly colored watermelon Tourmaline with flat, glassy terminations. There is one small incomplete crystal at the base, otherwise all the crystals are perfect and undamaged. Weighs 29.8 grams.

Unusual candy colored Cerussite of yellow and pink. These Daoping Cerussites are among the most colorful for the species. The crystal has relatively flat, lustrous front and back faces and more complex growth on the edges. Undamaged.

Single cube of Goethite that has pseudomorphed a Pyrite crystal. I love the distorted form with wavy edges. Complete all around and undamaged. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection, personally collected by Chuck in June 2005.