Nice chunk of quartz with irridescent shimmer on the surface face. Specimen comes from the famous Beryl Pit, located about 2.1 km north of Quadeville, Ontario. A locality first discovered in 1897 and opened for mining in 1926, yielding 4,456 pounds of beryl in 1927. The site, part of the Bancroft area, is now a a fee-collecting site for mineral enthusiasts. Permits can be purchased at the MacEwen gas station in Quadeville, where directions to the pit are provided.
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