Lawrence Lamb was a retired manager of the Biological Ecological Studies Lab at the University of Waterloo. He was a well-known advocate for naturalizing your garden and a former member of the Kitchener Waterloo Gem and Mineral Club.
Lamb continued his passion for nature by volunteering at rare, a charitable research reserve in Cambridge, where he enjoyed taking people on plant walks.
To learn more about Lawrence Lamb’s life and legacy, please visit his [obituary]
Adamite, Durango, Mexico
Lawrence Lamb
Agatized Coral, Tampa Bay, Florida
Aurichalcite, Southwest Mine, Brisbee Arizona, USA
Lace Agate, Mexico
Azurite, Zacatecas, Mexico
Azurite and Malachite, Metal Mine Morenci Arizona, USA
Calcite, Mexico
Calcium Carbonate, B.F. Goodrich, Kitchener, Ontario
Tufa (calcium carbonate) deposited by a spring on the roots of a cedar tree
Conichalcite, Arizona, U.S.A.
Copper, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
Datolite, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
Crocoite, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Dioptase, Tsumeb, Namibia
Dolostone forms, Dundas, Ontario
Galena, Joplin, Missouri
Hemimorphite, Durango, Mexico
Kyanite, Virginia, U.S.A.
Labradorite, Labrador
Malachite, Zambia
Phosphate Nodules, Fairfield, Utah, USA Variscite (right) and Wardite (left)
Prehnite, Punah, India
Pyrite, Peru
Pyromophite, Pheonixville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Pyrophyllite, Hillsborough, Montgomery Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.
Rhodochrosite, Argentina
Rhodonite in Galena Australia
Selenite, Chihuahua, Mexico
Stibiconite, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Stibnite, Baia Spriel, Romania
Stibnite, Baia Spriel, Romania
Stilbite, Poonha, India
Thompsonite, Grand Marais Minnesota, USA
Vanadinite, Apache Mine, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Varicite, Fairfield, Utah, U.S.A.
Wavellite, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Actinolite, Actinolite, Ontario (not currently on display)
Adamite, Mexico (not on display)
Agate, Mexico (not on display)
Agate, Mexico (not on display)
Agate geode, Mexico (not on display)
Agate geode, Mexico (not on display)
Boulangerite Fibres and Pyrite (not on display)
Calcite, Pugh Quarry, near Weston, Ohio (not on display)
Copper (cut), Michigan (not on display)
Copper and Silver, Michigan (not on display)
Datolite, Michigan (not on display)
Diamonds (2 specimens), South Africa (not on display)
Endlichite, South Africa (not on display)
Fluorite (not on display)
Fluorite, Weardale, England (not on display)
Fossil Ferns, Pennsylvania (not on display)
Garnet and Epidote, Marmora, Ontario (not on display)
Gold, Kirkland Lake and Vermilion Mine, Ontario (not on display)
Meteorite, Odessa, Texas (not on display)
Mexican Lace Agate (not on display)
Rutile Quartz, Brazil (not on display)
Siderite, Mount St. Hilaire, Quebec (not on display)
Stibnite, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia (not on display)
Tektites, Thailand (not on display)
Vivianite (not on display)
