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Gooderham, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

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Graphite : C

Gooderham, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Naturally occurring graphite cones (up to 20 microns tall) on the surfaces of graphite spheres etched from calcite. From a roadcut south of Gooderham, Ontario, Canada. John A. Jaszczak specimen and photo. See article by Jaszcak, Robinson, Dimovski and Gogotsi in CARBON 41 (2003) 2085.
 © John JaszczakPhoto ID: 11187    View Count: 665

Graphite : C, Calcite : CaCO3

Gooderham, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

The largest graphite ball has a 3 mm diameter. This piece came from a roadcut on Highway 507,south of Gooderham. Mark Mauthner photo, RWMW collection
Photo ID: 10920    View Count: 473

Graphite : C, Calcite : CaCO3

Gooderham, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

A spherical shaped grouping of lead gray crystalline graphite measuring 3 mm across on white cleavages of calcite.
 © Dan WeinrichPhoto ID: 119569    View Count: 139

Marialite : Na4[Cl|(AlSi3O8)3]

Gooderham, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

6 x 1.5 cm specimen with a fully terminated 4.3 cm crystal of Marialite. It is also weaky fluorescent red under SW UV light.

 © 1995-2001 Trinity Mineral Co.Photo ID: 342    View Count: 1179

Meionite : Ca4[CO3|(Al2Si2O8)3]

Gooderham, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Large, chatoyant, green meionite crystal 15 mm long (singly-terminated) with minor brown matrix (quartz?). Collected in 1972. Ex. A. Stevenson collection #110. Overall size of mineral specimen: 27x25x17 mm. Size of individual crystals: 15 mm.
 © 2001 John H. BettsPhoto ID: 2068    View Count: 1219

Multiple photos availableTitanite : CaTi[O|SiO4]

Gooderham, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Size: 2.8 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm. Via True North Min.
Label says “Bear Lake Road”.
(Two specimens, one label. I think both are from same loc. but not 100% sure.)
Sept 2009: Updated using stacking (and less contrast!) A stereo pair replaces the old child photo.
Photo ID: 206960    View Count: 72

Multiple photos availableTitanite : CaTi[O|SiO4]

Gooderham, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Size: 7 x 7 x 3.5 cm. Via True North Min
Very large but only partially terminated.
(See http://www.mindat.org/photo-206960.html for source caveat.)
Photo ID: 206961    View Count: 56
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