Fred A. Schuster's Photo Gallery

WJL-T71Albite Na(AlSi₃O₈) , Quartz SiO₂ , Stilpnomelane (K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O

Boston Mine, Tring-Jonction, Robert-Cliche RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Dimensions: 3 inches x 3 inches x 1 inches

Vein of white albite through schist with crystalization of albite with stilpnomelane formed epitactically.

QGF-UAXQuartz SiO₂ , Chlorite Group

Boston Mine, Tring-Jonction, Robert-Cliche RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Dimensions: 3 inches x 2 inches x .75 inches

A specimen with crystals of white and clear quartz sprinkled with epitactic chlorite (greenish) growing on it

14E-629Albite (Var: Cleavelandite) Na(AlSi₃O₈) , Quartz SiO₂ , Tourmaline AD₃G₆ (T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z , Columbite-(Mn) Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆ , Spodumene LiAlSi₂O₆

Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA

Dimensions: 5.5 inches x 4 inches x 3 inches

The piece collected was mostly whitish albite var. Cleavlandite with spots of grayish quartz. Two cross sections of dark blue black tourmaline are seen. One on the upper left and a small one on the bottom left. Thin black tabular crystals of mn-columbite are seen radiating in the bottom albite, with one tabular crystal broken on the top left. Spodumene is seen as the beige crystals with a wood like texture, the largest next to the tourmaline in top center.

8RG-31UTourmaline AD₃G₆ (T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z , Muscovite KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂

Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA

Dimensions: 5 inches x 4 inches x 2 inches

Cross sections of dark bluish tourmaline crystals piercing silvery gray muscovite.

DC8-FVHQuartz SiO₂ , Calcite CaCO₃

British Canadian mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Dimensions: 2.5 inches x 2 inches x 1 inches

A prismatic clear quartz crystal encased in beige calcite

121-RHYSaponite Ca_0.25(Mg,Fe)₃((Si,Al)₄O₁₀)(OH)₂·nH₂O

British Canadian mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Dimensions: 3 inches x 2 inches x .75 inches

Specimen collected in dumps north east of the pits.

9P0-47QGrossular Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃

British Canadian mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Dimensions: 3 inches x 2 inches x 1.5 inches

Well crystalized pink grossular garnet. With strong fluorescence, Found this in the dump terraces north east of the pit. around 2005

FEX-RG8Stilbite Subgroup M_6-7[Al_8-9Si_27-28O₇₂]·nH₂O

Mine Lac d'Amiante, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Dimensions: 7 inches x 3 inches x 2 inches

A very well crystalized piece of stilbite showing a radial cross sections

unknown lath crystal on vein surface

Reed-Bélanger mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Dimensions: 3 inches x 3 inches x 2 inches

Here was a piece collected on the dumps at the Belanger mine in Oct 2021. There was this lath shaped crystals spread over this surface of another mineral.

UV exposure of Unknown

Reed-Bélanger mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Dimensions: 3 inches x 3 inches x 2 inches

This was the exposure under short wave UV. Notice the lath like crystals fluorescing brighter blluish cream.