Rock Locations

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Rock Number Rock Donated Picture Location
1 Lorrain jasper conglomerate
Jasper Conglomerate
Sault Ste. Marie
2 Lorrain quartzite
Lorrain quartzite
Badgely Island, West of Killarney, Ontario
3 Green Lorrain quartzite
Green Lorrain Quartzite
Echo Lake, Sault Ste Marie
4 Gordon Lake Cherty Siltstone
Gordon Lake Cherty Siltstone
Gordon Lake, near Sault Ste Marie
5 Gowganda Boulder Conglomerate 
Gowganda Boulder Conglomerate
Elliot Lake, Ontario
6 Matinenda conglomerate 
Matineda Conglomerate
Elliot Lake, Ontario
7 Keweenawan conglomerate
Keweenawan conglomerate
Batchawana Bay, Ontario
8 Keweenawan basalt
Keweewan Basalt
Batchawana Bay, Ontario
9 Jacobsville sandstone
Jacobsville Sandstone
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
10 Gneiss
Gneiss
Red Bridge near North Bay, Ontario
11 Granite Gneiss Boulder 
Granite gneiss boulder
Kitchener, Ontario
12 Muscovite-rich quartzite
Micaeous Quartzite
Red Bridge, near North Bay, Ontario
13 Quartz Carbonate Fuchsite Serpentinite 
Quartz Carbonate Fuschsite serpentinite
Timmins, Ontario
14 Carbonated Basalt with Quartz Veins
Carbonated Basalt with Quartz Veins
Hollinger Mine, Timmins, Ontario
15 Carbonated Mafic and Felsic Igneous Rocks with Green chrome Mica Quartz veins and Pyrite
Carbonated Mafic and Felsic Igneous Rocks with Green chrome Mica Quartz veins and Pyrite
Timmins, Ontario
16 Larvikite
Larvikite
Marathon, Ontario
17 Altered Pyroxenite with Aphyric syenite dikes
Aphyric syenite dikes
Timmins, Ontario
18 Porphyritic Diabase
Porphyritic Diabase
Bannockburn Township near Matachewan in the Kirkland Lake area of Ontario.
19 Gold Ore
Gold ore
Hemlo, Ontario
20 Banded iron formation (Magnetite)
Banded iron formation
Timiskaming, Ontario
21-22 Siderite
Siderite
Wawa, Ontario
23 Cobalt-Nickel Vein
Cobalte nickle vein
Cobalt, Ontario
24 Amabel dolostone 
Amabel dolostone
Wiarton, Ontario
25 Lockport dolostone
Lockport dolostone
Dundas, Ontario
26-27 Dolostone with Calcite    Dundas, Ontario
28 Laminated Eramosa dolostone
Eramosa dolostone
Wiarton, Ontario
29-31 Potsdam sandstone
Potsdam Sandstone
Inverary, Ontario
32 Glacial Striae (scratches) on Lorrain Quartzite 
Glacial Straie
Desbarats, Ontario
33 Calcite garnet pyrite
Calcite garnet pyrite
Marmaton Mine, Ontario
34 Magnetite skarn
Magnetite Skarn
Marmaton Mine, Ontario
35 Columbus limestone
Columbus Limestone
Ingersoll, Ontario
36 Epidote garnet skarn
Epidote garnet skarn
Marmaton Mine, Ontario
37 Anorthosite
Anorthosite
River Valley near Sudbury
38 Fossil Coral Colony Favosites
 Fossil Coral Colony Favosites
Arkona, Ontario
39 Calcite concretions
Calcite Concretions
Kettle Point, Ontario.
40 Shatter cone shock structures, Sudbury Impact Crater
shatter cones
Sudbury, Ontario
41 Sodalite syenite
Sodalite Syenite
Bancroft, Ontario.
42 Flake graphite in gneiss
Flake Graphite in Gneiss
Kearney, Ontario
43 Nepheline syenite
Nepheline Syenite
Blue Mountain Quarry, California.
44 Folded marble
Folded Marble
Marmora, Ontario
45 Serpentine marble
Serpintine Marble
Lanark, Ontario
46 Rose quartz
Rose Quartz
Quadeville, Ontario
47 Chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite
Timmins, Ontario
48 Nickel-Copper Ore
Nickel Copper Ore
Frood Miner, Sudbury, Ontario
49 Stromatolite marble
Stromatolite Marble
Thunder Bay, Ontario
50 Stromatolite fossils
Stromatolite fossils
Thunder Bay, Ontario
51 Amethyst quartz Breccia
Amethyst
Thunder Bay, Ontario
52 Transition zone between Lorrain Quartzite and Gordon Lake Siltstone
Transition Zone
Echo Bay Road, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
53 Purple Lorrain Quartzite 
Purple Lorrain Quartzite
Highway 17, Desbarats, Near Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
54 Granite
Granite
Vermilion Bay, Ontario
55 Limestone, Frank Slide boulder
Limestone Frank Slide Boulder
Turtle Mountain, Alberta
56 Labradorite
Labradrorite
Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador
57 Columnar Dacite
Columnar Dacite
Kelowna, British Columbia
58 Columnar Basalt with Periodite Xenoliths
Columnar Basalt
Nipple Mountain, Kelowna, British Columbia
59 50th Anniversary Gneiss
50th anniversary gneiss
French River, Ontario
60 Slate
Slate
Poultney, Vermont
61 Lepidolite
Lepidolite
Bird River Belt, Manitoba
62 Metabasalt
Metabasalt
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
63 Tyndall stone Dolomitic Limestone
Tyndall stone
Tyndall, Manitoba
64 Porphyrite biotite granite
Porphyrite Biotite Granite
Near Beaverdell, British Columbia
65 Nephrite jade
Nephrite Jade
Dease Lake, British Columbia
66 Serpentinite
Serpentinite
Asbestos, Quebec
67 Peridotite inclusion in Serpentinite
Periditite inclusion in Serpentinite
Asbestos, Quebec
68 Anthracite Coal 
Anthracite coal
Scranton, Pennsylvania
69 Garnet Rich Gabbroic Anorthosite   Gore Mountain, New York
70 Shear-hosted lode gold in Breccia
Giant mine breccia
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
71 Oldest Rock in the World Tonalitic Gneiss
Oldest Rock in the World Tonalitic Gneiss
Ancasta River area, Northwest Territories
72 Red Granite    St. Georges, New Brunswick
73 Sediment-hosted Zinc-Lead ore
Sediment-hosted zinc-lead ore
Red Dog Mine, Alaska
74 Ophiolites   Tablelands, Newfoundland
75 Columnar Basalt   Port Royal, Nova Scotia
77 Wallace Sandstone   Wallace, Nova Scotia
78 Redbeds Sandstone   Covehead, Prince Edward Island
79 Lead-Zinc Ore   Faro, Yukon Territory
80 Massive Sulphide Ore   Yukon Territory