Gary Dyck's Photo Gallery

D0R-MEFGarnet Group X₃Z₂(SiO₄)₃

Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Dimensions: 13 mm x 11 mm x 9 mm

Presumably andradite? Brownish, included crystal from sulfide matrix.

KL4-PTEQuartz SiO₂

JLM Claims, Passmore, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Dimensions: 3.9 cm x 2.5 cm x .4 cm

A nice thin tabular Japan-law twin. Acquired from Doug Miller in the mid 1990's.

TQP-GFREpidote (CaCa)(AlAlFe³⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)

Port Hardy, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Dimensions: 3.5 cm x 3.1 cm x 1.5 cm

A nice group of radiating crystals with no matrix. Locality was given as "Pellett 1 Claim" in the Port Hardy area. Acquired from Doug Miller in the mid 1990's.

3DM-U64Cobaltite CoAsS , Chalcopyrite CuFeS₂ , Magnetite Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄ , Ferro-actinolite ◻Ca₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂

Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Dimensions: 8.5 cm x 3.7 cm x 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 6 mm

Rough silvery cobaltite crystals with chalcopyrite and ferro-actinolite on crystalized magnetite matrix. Magnetite is crystalized on both sides. Possibly a couple microscopic gold grains on the cobaltite but I would need a better scope to tell for certain. Acquired from Lloyd Twaites in the mid-late 1990's.

NNH-T82Stibiotantalite Sb(Ta,Nb)O₄

Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Dimensions: 16 mm x 7 mm x 1.6 mm
Field of View: 13.0 mm

Nice fully terminated butterscotch yellow crystal.

2H5-0C0Cobaltite CoAsS

Nerd Claims, Bonnet Plume River, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Dimensions: 4.3 cm x 3.9 cm x 2.9 cm
Field of View: 4.4 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 8 mm

Labelled as Pnerd Claims, Bonnett Plume River, Yukon. A nice bright silvery pyritohedral crystal of ~8 mm embedded in sulfide matrix with a smaller one on the "back" side.

EG7-GM6Calcite CaCO₃

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Dimensions: 2.6 cm x 2.2 cm x 1.8 cm
Field of View: 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 1.1 cm

Flattened "nail-head" rhombs on plate of mm rhombs.

P45-UAYCalcite CaCO₃

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Dimensions: 13.0 cm x 8.3 cm x 3.0 cm
Field of View: 13.4 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 1.2 cm

Plate of rhombs modified by scalenohedron, clear, colourless to whitish crystals to 1.2cm. Collected in the river valley on the SW side of town along the edge of the Oldman River.

8E2-HR3Calcite CaCO₃

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Dimensions: 6.5 cm x 4.9 cm x 2.1 cm
Field of View: 7.0 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 1.6 cm

Plate of rhombs to 1.6cm on edge, colourless to very pale yellowish. Collected in the river valley on the SW side of town along the edge of the Oldman River.

MLT-89JQuartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) SiO₂

Sceptre Claims, Emerald Lake, Mayo mining district, Yukon, Canada

Dimensions: 3.6 cm x 3.2 cm x 1.5 cm
Field of View: 3.9 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 3 cm

Light smoky quartz in almost Japan-law twin shape. Acquired from Rod Tyson in the mid 1990's