As part of the large Nova Scotia Update, I’ve posted neat new specimens of mesolite crystal groups on laumontite crystals from Stronach Brook (click here).

The cliffs at Stronach Brook are along a relatively hard-to-access stretch of the Bay of Fundy shoreline which has rarely produced fine mineral specimens. In 2021, a pocket-vein system produced radiating aggregates of mesolite crystals on laumontite. The specimens are attractive and unusual – each group of mesolite crystals stands up on the laumontite and has the look of a tepee (conical lodge tent historically used by certain indigenous North American peoples). The “tepee” mesolites were a unique find. And it is material unlikely to be found again, not only because the pocket-vein is exhausted, but because we discovered (the hard way) that the access area is home to a large number of ticks…

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia – 7.5 cm

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia – 5.0 cm

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia – 8.2 cm

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia – 4.8 cm

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia – 3.5 cm

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia – 4.7 cm

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia – 5.2 cm

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia – 5.5 cm

Mesolite on laumontite, Stronach Brook, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia