Hello melanite garnets How big do they get and where abouts to find in crowsnest on alberta side? Also is there crystal quartz that can be found in alberta. thank you j from strathmore
Howdy, the melanite garnets out at the Crowsnest Pass usually are in the mm scale, but occasionally the larger ones can start pushing 1cm. They might get larger than that, but I have never seen it.
In terms of where, personally I collected mine at a roadcut just outside of Coleman, Ab. I don't recall the exact location, but I am sure you could find that somewhere online. I have never heard of many good quartz localities here in Alberta, we don't have very good rockhounding here at all. I could be wrong about this, and there could be some weird obscure locale, but this is just to the best of my knowledge. Hope that helps!