In the ground for over 100 million years in some cases, here are some "new" species found at Mont Saint-Hilaire. Extensive analysis of specimens including the newest techniques, scanning electronic-microscopes (SEM) and X-Ray diffractometry are required to differentiate and positively identify many of the new species from MSH. Click on the photos for larger format.

Micheelsenite crystals
co-type specimen
© Quintin Wight

Cryptomelane
Photo by Violet Anderson
© Royal Ontario Museum

Erythrite crystals
© Jason B. Smith

Bobtraillite crystals
© Bill Lechner

Cordylite-(Ce)
Photo by Gilles Haineault
© Gilles Haineault

Narsarsukite crystals
© Modris Baum

Anatase crystals
© Doug Merson

UK - 113
© Marc Favre

Gjerdingenite-Na crystals
© Stephan Wolfsried