The Grenville Province, covering much of upstate New York,
southeastern Ontario, and southern Québec, has been the source of many amazing mineral specimens. Its crystalline rocks are more than a billion years old, and unlike most mineralogical heritage sites, new discoveries are the rule rather
than the exception.The province also contains
deposits of commercially important minerals such as iron, zinc, talc, garnet, apatite,
and mica. More than 400 photographs highlight specimens
from the world-renowned collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature, the
New York State Museum, and selected private collections. This pleasurable journey includes sections devoted to colorful gemstones and fluorescent minerals, and explains the mineralogical, geological, and historical significance of these minerals.