David K. Joyce Minerals

LATEST NEWS:

New Minerals
I've added amazing GOLD specimens from the Kerr Addison Mine, misc. sulphides, and nice calcite specimens from Norwrgian and Inverhuron, Ontario localities.

New Articles and Recent Activities
I've put two new entries in the "Recent Activities" section of my website: -A visit to the Museum of Natural History in Milano, Italy -Tucson, 2012, some highlights As well, in the "Articles" section, there is a short article on observations on the mesmerizingly interesting and fascinating topic the darkening of native arsenic. Check it out and fall asleep!

Jeffrey Mine!
I've put some nice, new diopside, grossular and vesuvianite specimens in the main Minerals Listing.

Senarmontite, Mercury
There are now some interesting new native mercury specimens from the New Idria Mine, California and some nice senarmontite crystals from the Classic Algerian locality on this website.

Alabandite, Sperrylite, Skutterudite!
There are now some excellent specimens of Alabandite, sperrylite and skutterudite on this website. Look in the main Mineral List.

Native Copper
I've added four pages of native copper specimens from the Keweenaw Peninsula to this website. Classic specimens and localities!

New Article -SW Ontario Mineral Occurrences
I have put a new article detailing mineral occurrences in the Paleozoic rocks of Southwestern Ontario in the "Articles" section of my website. I hope that you find it interesting!? DKJ

Magnetite Crystals
I am fortunate to have obtained some interesting magnetite crystals that occur in massive sulphides at this new Nickel-copper mine. They are under "Magnetite" in the main mineral listing.

Sperrylite, Broken Hammer Deposit
I've put some excellent specimens of sperrylite, from a new find at Sudbury, on my website. Look under "Sperrylite" in the main mineral list.

Michael Bainbridge Comes to Town
Michael Bainbridge, the well-known artist and accomplished mineral specimen photographer came to visit me in Newmarket, recently. I've put a little write-up about the visit in the "Recent Activities" section of my website.

Sursassite, Suolunite, Fluorapatite and Silver Islet!
I've added a number of interesting new and unusual specimens to my website. You won't find these sorts of specimens on other sites!

Ecole des Mines, Paris, France
I was fortunate to visit l'Ecole des Mines while on a trip to Europe, recently. I have put a short photo essay of the visit in the "Recent Activities" of this website. I hope that you find it interesting!

New Cobalt Specimens!
I've added many new specimens from the Cobalt Silver Mining Camp to the Website!

10,000th specimen !!
I've just put the 10,000th specimen on my website! That is a lot of specimens over the years! It is a very rich, good looking specimen of native gold in quartz from the Rivard Mine in Northwestern Ontario.

Canadian Minerals
I've added quite an assortment of Canadian Minerals to the website recently. Check out the NEW flags in the main minerals list to locate the newer specimens. Fluoborite, hematite, titanite, orthoclase, fluorapatite, berthierite-gold, etc.

Beusite-Metaswitzerite
Just a note to those who purchased specimens of beusite from Manitoba from me, a year or so ago. There is a silvery-micaceous mineral on some of the specimens that I thought was just muscovite or some other mica. Analyses by a staff at the Royal Ontario Museum (EDS and x-ray) indicates that the micaceous mineral is, in fact, metaswitzerite. FYI. DKJ

Proustite, Pearceite, Uchucchacua Mine
I've added some really nice silver sulphosalt specimens from the Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Peru to this website. Proustite, pearceite and acanthite ps argentite. As well, there are some interesting silver leaf-encrusted with bornite pieces from the Strathcona Mine near Sudbury, Ontario.

Altaite, Sursassite, Old Silvers
I've put some amazingly rich altaite specimens from Mattagami Lake Mine on the site as well as some unusual surassite specimens. Look under those minerals in the main Mineral Listing. As well, I've put a few more oldy-rich (from the 10's and 20's) silver specimens from Cobalt, Ontario on my website.

Cape D'Or Copper Crystals
I've also added some exceptional specimens of native copper from Cape D'Or, Nova Scotia. Check out the article on this location in the "Articles" Section of this website.

Limestone Quarry Specimens!
I have added some beautiful specimens of Fluorite, sphalerite, galena and associated minerals from the limestone quarries just west of Toronto. Look under "Southern Ontario Limestone Quarries" in the main minerals list.

New Mont Saint-Hilaire
I've added even more very nice Mont Saint-Hilaire specimens to my website in the main Mineral Listings under "Mont Saint-Hilaire". Many very rare and well crystallized minerals!

New Article! -Copper Crystals
I've added a new article entitled "Collecting Copper Crystals at Cape D'Or, Nova Scotia" to my website. Look for it in the "Articles" section of the website.

Old Silver Specimens, Cobalt, Ontario
I have managed to locate some old silver slabs from the Cobalt Silver Mining Camp. By old, I mean that they were recvered from mining operations in the 10's, 20's, 30's, etc. Rich!

Suolunite, Lac D'Amiante, Quebec
I have loaded a page of unusual and rare suolunite specimens on this website. Look in the main Mineral Listing.

Mont Saint-Hilaire!
I've added a couple of hundred new specimens from Mont Saint-Hilaire to my website. Have a look in the main Mineral list at the pages with "NEW" flags.

Goldcorp Inc., Musselwhite Mine
There are a number of specimens from Goldcorp Inc.'s Musselwhite mine now on my website. I am very pleased that Goldcorp Inc. management have agreed to make these specimens available to collectors and institutions. Check out the unusual association of gold and garnet!

Sarabauite, Cosalite, Galenobismutite
I have obtained unusual specimens of sarabauite from the type locality and they are now available on this website. As well, there are a number of specimens of cosalite with galenobismutite and gold from the Mondoux claim. Collected in 1918 or so! Hard to come by, these days.

Imiter Mine Specimens
I have been fortunate to be able to obtain some really nice Imiter mine specimens, including proustite, imiterite, xanthoconite and acanthite ps argentite. Look under "Imiter" in the main Minerals listing.

Tellurium and Iron
I've added some rich specimens of Siberian native iron (terrestrial) and native tellurium from Moctezuma to my website. In the main Minerals listing.

Crystallized Gold Specimens!
I've added a couple of pages of specimens of very beautiful and interesting crystallized gold at reasonable prices. The Olinghouse Mine is a modern "classic" locality for crystallized gold.

Kongsberg! -Recent Activities
Check out the images that I've posted from a trip that I took many years ago to the museum in Kongsberg, Norway. Amazing silver specimens! Look in "Recent Activities".

Mont Saint-Hilaire, Jeffrey Mine!
I've just returned from Quebec with some very nice specimens From Mont Saint-Hilaire, including serandite, carletonite, catapleiite, tuperssuatsiaite, taniolite, leifite, plus green demantoid-andradite garnets Jeffrey Mine. Look in the main Mineral Listing of this website for those two localities.

Yukon Phosphate Minerals !
I've added excellent specimens of gormanite, kulanite and a few other phosphate minerals from the famous Rapid Creek area of the Yukon Territory.

Sulphides and Associated Minerals.
I've added very nice sulphide and associated minerals from Bulgaria, Romania and the Nanisivik Mine of northern Canada. Have a look under each of those headings!

Mont Saint-Hilaire!!!
Lots of new and rare Mont Saint-Hilaire specimens have been added to my site. Check out the "NEW" flags in the main "Minerals" list and the "Microminerals" listings.

More Rivard Property Gold Specimens
I've added a bunch more nice Rivard Property gold-in-quartz specimens to the website. Have a look!

Zircons and Many Other Minerals
I have added a couple of pages of zircon crystal specimens from a number of Grenville Geological province localities, and notably Kuehl Lake. Look under "Zircon". As well, there are many other specimens added to the website. Look in the categories marked "New".

Gold -Rivard Property and Red Lake Mine
I have been fortunate to obtain some very nice looking and interesting gold in quartz specimens from a small mining operation near Red Lake, Ontario. Check out Gold from the Rivard Property. As well, I've added the last specimens that I have from my Red Lake Mine hoard. This is it!

Latest Cobalt Area Silver and Minerals!
As mentioned earlier, I recently visited the Cobalt area and collected or bought many new and interesting specimens of the unique minerals from that area. Look under Cobalt in the main mineral list.

Cobalt Visit, October, 2010
I recently paid a visit to the Cobalt area to do some collecting and buying. Check out the "Recent Activities" section of this website to see and read an account of the trip.

Yukon!
Recently, I visited the Yukon Territory. What a beautiful place. Interesting mineralogically, as well. Please look in the main "Minerals" listing for yukonite, copper nuggets, scheelite nuggets (!) and very nice valleriite. All rare and unusual. As well, I have put a photo essay of my trip to the Whitehorse Yukon area in the "Recent Activities" section of the website. I hope that you enjoy it.

Mont Saint-Hilaire!!!
I've loaded many new rare and interesting specimens from Mont Saint-Hilaire onto the website both in the main Mineral List and the Micromineral section. Look for the "NEW" flags!

Spencerite, Dawsonite (from the type localities) and lots of unique Canadian and International specimens added.
I've added a number of new specimens to this website. Have a look under the "NEW" flags!

Botryogen and Beusite added
Here are a couple of minerals that you don't see available very often!

Nova Scotian Minerals -NOT Zeolites!
I've added some very interesting minerals from Nova Scotia to the website. Excellent copper, manganite and hematite specimens. Not ALL minerals from Nova Scotia are zeolites!

Gold and Jeffrey Mine
I've put some new specimens of high grade gold from the Croesus and McIntyre Mines on the website. As well, there are some nice, new Jeffrey Mine vesuvianite specimens, as well.

New Sulphides, Sulphosalts
There are lots of new sulphides, sulphosalts, tellurides, arsenides, etc. Look for the "NEW" flags!

Gustavite, Heazlewoodite, Collinsite
I've added some very nice specimens of some fairly rare minerals to my website, some from type localities. Check them out in the main mineral listing!

Nova Scotia Zeolites and Tanco Mine Titanowodginite
I've added loads of new zeolites from Nova Scotia to my website, especially stilbite, chabazite, gmelinite heulandite and a few others. Crystallized copper, too! As well, I've prepared some excellent new titanowodginite specimens from the type locality. Look in the "Tanco Mine" section of the website.

Cobalt Area Silver and Minerals!
I've added some excellent new minerals and high-grade silver from the Cobalt area to my website. Not just silver but rammelsbergite, breithauptite, nickeline, loellingite, pyrargyrite, etc. Look in the main Mineral List for the new flags under "Cobalt".

Unusual Minerals!
I've added some odd ones to the website: brewsterite, Yellow Lake, BC, fluorite, Montrose Road Rock Dump and calcite, goethite and manganite rom Atikokan. Look for the "NEW" flags. There is also a write-up on a nice collecting trip I did to Waterloo Mine and Yellow Lake, in British Columbia, last summer(2009). Look under "Recent Activities" for it.

Unusual Ores and Minerals
I've added some pretty unusual items to the website in both the "Rocks and Ores" section and the main "Mineral List": Stibarsen, Engineer Mine; Ores from Keno Hill; Ores from Venus Mine; lots of other unusual items. Browse a little! Look for the "NEW" flags on each section.

Attractive Minerals!
I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder but it is just NOT like me to offer such a colourful assortment! Colourful vanadinite, vesuvianite, cinnabar have been added to the website along with some less-colourful danburite and large spinel crystals.

New Minerals!
I've added some very good specimens of Brazilian montebrasite, Itauz Mine copper, Siberian native iron and Moroccan nepheline and schorlomite. Look for the "NEW" signs in the main Mineral List.

Maucherite, Chrysotile
I've added some maucherite/nickeline specimens to the website. These are old specimens collected back in 1913! As well, some nice specimens of the chrysotile variety of serpentine have been added under the "Rocks and Ores" section of my website.

Corundum, Logan Cuts
I attended a field trip fo the Walker Mineralogical Club last summer at the Logan Cuts, an old, overgrown corundum mine. Look under "Recent Activities" for a little slide show on this trip.

Sperrylite, Vermillion Mine
There are some nice, new sperrylite specimens on the website under Sperrylite in the main mineral list. There were also some nice arsenohauchecornite specimens and kimberlite specimens but they have all been sold.

Native Arsenic
I was fortunate to come across an old cache of native arsenic from the locality at Port Alberni, British Columbia. Much of it is botryoidal and some massive. Look under the "Arsenic" pages.

Minerals from the Grenville
I've added many new mineral specimens from the Grenville Geological Province to my website. Some of the minerals include uranophane, tourmaline, betafite, titanite, corundum, apatite, orthoclase, etc. Check the "Grenville" pages.

New Golds!
I've posted some exceptional crystallized gold nuggets from the Gold Run Mine, Atlin, British Columbia on my website. Beautiful! As well, there are some unusual gold specimens from Red Lake Mine, Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine, Sigma Mine and others.

Mont Saint-Hilaire!!!
I've placed many new MSH specimens on my website including rarities such as tsepinite, cancrisilite, ussingite, mckelveyite, lintisite, leifite, epididymite, eudidymite, etc. Look under the main Mineral Listings as well as the Micromineral Listings for the "new" flags.

Zeolites
I've added some very nice zeolite minerals from the Bay of Fundy area of Nova Scotia to my website. There are some very nice specimens of analcime, heulandite, thomsonite, chabazite, stilbite, etc.

Cobalt!! -New specimens
I have been able to acquire some excellent new minerals from the Cobalt Mining Camp, including both silver and some of the more unusual minerals. Under "Cobalt".

Jeffrey Mine and Limestone Quarries
Some very nice specimens of vesuvianite and grossular added to my website. As well, some excellent specimens of fluorite and sphalerite from the Flamboro and Lafarge Quarries in southern Ontario.

New Minerals!
Lots of new specimens on my website: Gold specimens from the Olinghouse and Red Lake Mines, Native Iron from Greenland, other elements, unusual specimens from the Newfoundland Zinc Mine.

New Prehnite and Pectolite, Jeffrey Mine and Unusual Rocks Ores
I am fortunate to have accessed an old cache of prehnite and pectolite from the famous Jeffrey Mine. As well, I have re-activated the "Rocks and Ores" section of my website. Lots of unusual items from mines and locations around the world.

New Wulfenite, Carrollite, Copper
I have acquired some of the very nice wulfenite/mimetite specimens from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico. Gorgeous specimens! As well, There are also some new, museum quality carrollite specimens from the Kamoya Mine. Kazakhstan coppers, as well! These are all in the main Mineral List of this website.

Cobalt Camp Silver Specimens!
I've added some nice new silver, including wire, and associated mineral specimens from the famous Cobalt Camp. Look under "Cobalt" for all.

New Search Engine added
Hopefully, you find this website relatively easy to navigate. To assist you even more in finding exactly the mineral or the locality that you are interested in quickly, I have added a simple seach engine to the website. Simply enter the mineral OR locality that you want to seach for and all entries concerning the words that you entered will show up in the results. I hope that this helps you!

Paul Lortie Collection
I am privileged to be able to offer you specimens from the Paul Lortie collection, rich in sulphides, sulphosalts, elements and rare minerals. Look under the "new" flags for those specimens.

Minerals from the Grenville!
I have, recently, added a number of nice specimens from the Grenville Geological Province including titanite, apatite, zircon, etc.

The Lost Mine
The Lost Mine has been found! Have a look in my "Recent Activities" section to see in-situ mineralization and calcite vein-dyke collecting pictures.

Platinum, and other Treasures
The Platinum Crystal page of my website is now populated with some excellent crystals of Russian platinum, some gold-coated. Look under the "Treasures, Odds and Sods" page for other assorted well-crystallized specimens and check out the other "NEW" flags on my website.

GOLD!
Lots of new gold specimens in the main Mineral List of the website!

Copper Collecting at Mamainse Point, Ontario
I've put a new article about collecting copper crystals on the Canadian side of Lake Superior. It is in the "Mineralogical Pot Pourri" section of my website. I hope that you enjoy it.

Silver, Manganite and Sulphides
There are some great new silver specimens from the Cobalt Mining Camp, manganite crystal specimens from Atikokan and various sulphides and sulphosalts from many famous localities of the world on my website. Look for the "NEW" flags!

Mont Saint-Hilaire, Riviere Heva -Update
I've put a number of unique and rare minerals from Mont Saint-Hilaire on the website. As well, I've added some excellent molybdenite specimens from Riviere Heva, Quebec. Check them out!

Cubanite Article
Cubanite? We have lots in Canada! Have a look at the new article in the "Mineralogical Pot Pourri" section of my website.

Yukon Phosphates Added !
I have added a lot of specimens from the Famous Rapid Creek phospate area, Yukon Territory, to my website. Check out satterlyite, rapidcreekite, wicksite, collinsite and more under "Yukon Phosphates" in the main Mineral List.

Rapid Creek Whitlockite is actually Bobdownsite !
I have learned that the "whitlockite" that comes from the Rapid Creek Phosphate locality is actually bobdownsite, a new minerals that is a similar but different phosphate. Bobdownsite has no fluorine but in its molecule, an OH ion substitutes for the fluorine. Have a look under Yukon Phosphates in the website.

Svanbergite and others!
There are some great new minerals on my website including svanvergite from Mount Brusiloff Mine, beautiful orange chabazite from Nova Scotia, calcite ps after ikaite from the Arctic, lustrous pyrite from Inuvik and very nice calcite specimens from the Pine Point Mine.

New Minerals from the Grenville !
I have added some great minerals from the Grenville Geological Province. Large crystals of Fergusonite, Euxenite, Barite/Fluorite from Madoc, Titanite, etc. Many classic minerals and locations!