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Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

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Multiple photos availableApatite, Calcite : CaCO3, Fluorite : CaF2

Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is a double terminated green Apatite on weathered white Calcite & purple Fluorite. The piece is 9.1 x 8.2 cm. From M. Adamowicz collection.
 © M.AdamowiczPhoto ID: 251844    View Count: 16

Multiple photos availableBiotite

Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is a nice fragment of blackish mica from Cardiff Uranium Mine. It is 6 x 5 x 1.7 cm. From M. Adamowicz collection.
 © M.AdamowiczPhoto ID: 186908    View Count: 216

Multiple photos availableBiotite

Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is a large book of brownish Mica. It is 13.2 x 2.4 x 9.1 cm & is from Cardiff Uranium Mine. From M. Adamowicz collection.
 © M.AdamowiczPhoto ID: 186023    View Count: 184

Biotite

Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is a large mica book from Cardiff Uranium, it & other nice minerals were unearthed by large machinery that are rehabilitating the mine. The book is 31 x 20.5 x 1.1 cm. From M. Adamowicz collection.
 © M.AdamowiczPhoto ID: 198309    View Count: 89

Multiple photos availableCalcite : CaCO3, Fluorite : CaF2

Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is a piece of white Calcite with purple Fluorite grains & bands from Cardiff Uranium Mine. It is 12 x 6.1 x 5.9 cm). From M. Adamowicz collection.
 © M.AdamowiczPhoto ID: 186906    View Count: 176

Multiple photos availableChondrodite : (Mg,Fe2+)5[(F,OH)2|(SiO4)2], Molybdenite : MoS2

Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is a number of small orange grains of Chondrodite with grains of metallic Molybdenite from Cardiff Uranium Mine. The overall sample is 6.8 x 3.9 x 2 cm. From M. Adamowicz collection.
 © M.AdamowiczPhoto ID: 186508    View Count: 165

Multiple photos availableDiopside : CaMg[Si2O6]

Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is a green Diopside cluster from Cardiff Uranium. It was covered with calcite that was removed with acid. It is 3.7 x 3.2 cm & is lightly translucent. It was a hardness of 5.5 -6 & a white streak. It is hard to make a streak from this piece due to its non brittle nature. From M. Adamowicz collection.
 © M.AdamowiczPhoto ID: 209167    View Count: 87

Multiple photos availableDiopside : CaMg[Si2O6], Fluorite : CaF2

Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is a nice cluster of green Pyroxene mineral with some purple Fluorite from the now rehabilitated Cardiff Uranium Mine. It is 5.2 x 4.9cm. From M. Adamowicz collection.
 © M.AdamowiczPhoto ID: 204481    View Count: 78

Molybdenite : MoS2, Calcite : CaCO3

Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Some metallic Molybdenite Flakes on white calcite from Cardiff Uranium. The piece is 1.8 x 1.2 cm. From M. Adamowicz collection.
 © M.AdamowiczPhoto ID: 243825    View Count: 38

Multiple photos availableScapolite, Fluorite : CaF2, Calcite : CaCO3, Biotite

Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Some light green Scapolite with white Calcite, purple Fluorite & black Biotite from Cardiff Uranium. It is 7. 4 cm. From M. Adamowicz collection.
 © M.AdamowiczPhoto ID: 242250    View Count: 50
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