Number of people have helped with the creation of this site. May it be suppliers of fine mineral specimens, providers of excellent photos, moral support teams and generators of great ideas; and last but not least, people from which friendships have developed over time.

     I want to thank each and every one of you. Any mistakes, errors or omissions on this site are my own, none can be attributed in any way to any of the following people.

     In alphabetical order:

• Malcolm Back, for comments and facilities (and more!) at the
       Royal Ontario Museum.

• Modris Baum, for comments, suggestions and many photos
       over several years.

• Jeffrey de Fourestier, for suggestions and comments. He is
       the author of "Glossary of Mineral Synonyms 2nd Edition".

• Gilles Haineault, for wonderful specimens and his perseverence
       in collecting at mont Saint-Hilaire through good and bad years.

• László Horváth, and Elsa for their wonderful specimens and
       taking the time to answer my many questions. The rarity
       factor tables are all László's work. He is the author of several
       works on alkaline intrusives including the "Mineralogical
       Record, Mont Saint-Hilaire edition", and "Mineralogy of the
       Saint-Amable sill, Varennes".

• Dr Joseph "Joe" Mandarino, for comments and suggestions
       in the early stages.

• Jacques Poulin, for many comments and for his revision and
       efforts on the fluorescence table of MSH species.

• Dirk Schmid, for much needed advice and comments on
       aesthetics in website construction, from
       The Canadian Rockhound.

• Tony Steede, for an elaborate and well designed table of
       all species from MSH and their properties.

• Dr Wilfried Steffens, for sowing the seed, and support
       along the way.

• Quintin Wight, for providing beautiful photographs, taking
       the time to answer my numerous queries, providing
       comments and suggestions, Author of "The Complete
       Book of Micro-Mounting".
  
  
  

  Providers of fine photographs/micrographs:
  
  

  Canadian Museum of Nature

  Modris Baum

  Royal Ontario Museum
  
  
  

  Blaise Canzian

  Axel Emmermann

  Giovanni Fraccaro
  
  
  

  Gilles Haineault

  David Joyce

  Elmar Lackner
  
  
  

  Bill Lechner

  Doug Merson

  Jason B. Smith
  
  
  

  Martin Stolworthy

  Steven Stuart

  Quintin Wight
  
  
  

  Dakota Matrix Minerals

  Stephan Wolfsried

  Trinity Mineral Company
  
  
  

  Once more a big

  THANK YOU

  to all.