Schorl, Beryl Pit, near Quadeville, Ontario

A typical  prismatic schorl, 6 cm long, and some triangular cross-sections, in pale smoky quartz, found on the dumps around the late 80's or early 90's

An amazing terminated crystal, 5 cm across, showing flat terminal faces and striated prism faces

View of the prism face of a large, triangular xl section, 55 mm across, found loose on the dumps in 2004

Fractured and healed with white albite and quartz, one reason for the lack of large complete xls!

Hemimorphic schorl crystal, ~3 mm long	Slightly bent schorl crystal, 3 cm long in quartz
Crystal cross-sections exposed in the floor of the cut	An interesting schorl-albite intergrowth, exposed in the floor of the pit