Highway 62 north roadcut, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Molydbenite crystals on microcline, 23 mm. Collected in 1970 by Dave Doherty. K. Nash specimen and photo.

Microcline crystals, collected in 1972 by David Doherty.

© Kelly Nash

Well crystallized phlogopite pseudomorph after a 28 mm hornblende crystal. The original crystal form is well preserved and the four-sided termination is still clearly visible. Complete and undamaged. Collected in August 1969. Ex. A. Stevenson collection #409. Overall size of mineral specimen: 30x15x12 mm. Size of individual crystals: 28 mm.

© John H. Betts

Here is a small piece of Talc from the highway 62 North road-cut near Buck Hill road. The whitish line in the middle of the sample is from a scratch test to see if the sample was Talc. The Talc was located near a small amount of Pyrite & was located in a small calcite vein. The sample is 1.9 by 1.6 cm long. From M. Adamowicz collection.

Yellow Chabazite crystals from a large road cut along Highway 62, north of Bancroft, Ontario. This road cut is now off limits to collecting. Specimen is 50 x 30 x 30 mm.

© A. Haighton

Here is a small sample of green Epidote from a road cut on highway 62 north from Bancroft. The sample is 7.4 by 4.3 cm long, and is 2.1 cm thick. From M. Adamowicz collection.

The sample is 14 cm x 8 cm. I received it as a gift in 1969. The pegmatite pocket in a coarse-grained Microcline-Biotite granite contains 1 cm sized Plagioclase crystals. The blue "Peristerite" schiller, characteristic of Plagioclase, is visible on the crystal to the left. In the correct light almost all of the crystals in the pocket have that ...

Molybdenite flake in rock. Black patches are amphibole. Pyrite is also present but not pictured. Measures 13cm across by 9cm high and is 5cm thick.

© Matthew Neuzil

Here is a small piece of a Pyrite Crystal from the highway 62 North roadcut near Buck Hill road. The Pyrite is 2.1 cm long, by 0.9 cm wide, and 1 cm deep. This was lodged in the roadcut & was very difficult to extract. From M. Adamowicz collection.

7.1 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm. Augite and chabazite combinations specimens from the Highway 62N Road cut are rare. Sharp, textbook augite crystals with moderate lustre comprise this showy and rich piece. The impressive end crystal is 3.4 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm. A real bonus at the base of the augites is a cluster of sharp, lustrous, translucent, honey-yellow ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

White Scapolite crystal group with minor mica and Augite. Specimen is ~170 x 115 x 65 mm.

Here is a closeup of the cavity. The image is about 2 by 1.5 centimeters.

Hornblende crystals with large microcline crystal, 10 x 8 x 6.5 cm. Collected by D. Doherty in 1970.

Yellow Chabazite crystals. Field of View is ~6 mm.

Yellow Chabazite crystals from the Highway 62 North Roadcut. Field of View is ~6 mm.

© Christopher O'Neill

Hornblende crystals with feldspar, 10 x 7.5 x 6 cm. Collected by D. Doherty in the early 1970s.

7.1 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm. Augite and chabazite combinations specimens from the Highway 62N Road cut are rare. Sharp, textbook augite crystals with moderate lustre comprise this showy and rich piece. The impressive end crystal is 3.4 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm. A real bonus at the base of the augites is a cluster of sharp, lustrous, translucent, honey-yellow ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Yellow Chabazite crystals. Field of View is ~6 mm.

This is the view of the roadcut in 2006 for the portion on the west side of the road. The best material I collected came from this side.

This is the view of the east side of the roadcut, looking north.

Specimens listed from top down.