Zircon var. Cyrtolite Crystals | 125 Grams | MacDonald Mine | Hastings County, Ontario, Canada Leifite is a variety of quartz

is a variety of quartz with embedded needle-like rutile inclusions

and pyrite

There is a partial brown coating on the surface of the mica

Sytand Length: 38 cm / 15 inches

Scolecite Crystals

Zircon var. Cyrtolite Crystals | 125 Grams | MacDonald Mine | Hastings County, Ontario, Canada Leifite is a variety of quartzThis is a rare specimen of the brown Cyrtolite variety of Zircon crystals mined at MacDonald Mine, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. This is a large mass of Cyrtolite. The mine deposit is remarkable for the presence of a variety of rare element minerals, some of them recorded for the first time. Its content of such minerals makes this deposit one of the most remarkable pegmatites, mineralogically, yet discovered in Canada. The specimen is in great