The specimen shown is the property of A. Howse, Industrial Minerals Geologist with the Geological Survey. Not to be confused with lazurite, which is a silicate mineral. Lazulite is found in outcrop on the road to Monkstown, Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, about 10 kilometres from the intersection of the Monkstown road and the Burin Peninsula highway. The specimen shown is the property of Sean O'Brien, Project Geologist with the Geological Survey. It is sometimes mistaken for gold.
Pyrite is by far the most common sulphide mineral.
It occurs as cubes , massive or, more rarely as concretions. Nodules, such as these, can be found on the Port au Port Peninsula. The specimen shown is the property of Loretta Crisby-Whittle, Geologist with the Geological Survey. It is also widely used as an ornamental and semi-precious stone. In Newfoundland quartz, in the form of quartzite, was quarried for a number of years in the Argentia area for use as a flux in the processing of phosphorus ore at Long Harbour.