Tim Jokela Jr's Photo Gallery
WYN-XD1Sphalerite ZnS
North quarry, Dundas Quarry, West Flamborough Township, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaA thumbnail showing great color and luster, far above average for the locality. 25mm tall, collected 05/96.
G8K-LT5Calcite CaCO3
McGregor Quarry, Anderdon Township, Essex County, Ontario, CanadaA lovely 25mm tall dogtooth calcite crystal, showing the pleasing and distinctively different color that is diagnostic of this locality. Collected in the 90's from a boulder on the floor of immense open pit quarry that is, sadly, no longer open to collecting.
A6E-MX2Cancrinite (Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O , Sodalite Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Cancrinite Hill, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, CanadaDimensions: 13 cm x 9 cm x 10 cm
A nice big combination piece, 13x9x10cm, (5" across) note penny for scale. Neither mineral is here achieving their best color, but the combination of the two makes for an interesting specimen.
VGA-CALAllanite-(Ce) (CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Beryl Pit, Quadeville area, Lyndoch Township, Brudenell-Lyndoch-and-Raglan, Renfrew County, Ontario, CanadaA particularly fine thumbnail composed of three doubly-terminated crystals of allanite-(Ce). The central crystal is 16 mm long. Collected in 1997.
Very fragile, hence seldom extracted in this quality, found locked in richly-mineralized dark red granite.
548-P1YCelestine SrSO4
North quarry, Dundas Quarry, West Flamborough Township, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaA lovely tabular crystal showing three color zones, white-blue-golden, 5 cm tall, with minute specks of marcasite.
ER7-1QQCelestine SrSO4
North quarry, Dundas Quarry, West Flamborough Township, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDimensions: 20 mm x 13 mm x 2 mm
A lovely thumbnail-sized phantom crystal, 20 x 13 x 2 mm, collected 05/91.