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York River Skarn Zone
east side of the York River,
320 meters north of Highway 500,
11 km east of Bancroft,
Dungannon Township,
Hastings County,
Ontario

 

note the green backpack for scale
 

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This is the small area at the top of the hill that produced the best grossular specimens. The collector is Brett Quaife.

 

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Grossular on Diopside

York River Skarn Zone, Bancroft, Ontario.

The diopside crystal is 20 mm long.

T. Jokela collection.
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A 17 mm crystal on calcite.

T. Jokela collection
on.grossular.jpg (61027 bytes) A 19 mm grossular on calcite.

T. Jokela collection
on.gross.2.jpg (93013 bytes) A 10 mm grossular with diopside.

T. Jokela collection.

 

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