Ross Creek

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In Nova Scotia, chalcedonies and jaspers occur as fill in amygdules in the basalt block that forms the North Mountain (Dostal and Dupuy 1984:247). Knappable lithics can be quarried or collected at several locations extending from Blomidon point, around Cape Split and southwest to Digby Neck. The most extensive deposits are associated with the Scots Bay Formation, and a late prehistoric workshop site has been identified at Davidson Cove. Many of the deposits are very difficult to access due to steep cliffs and high tides, but important deposits can be easily reached at Davidson Cove (see vignette), nearby Ross Creek and at Trout Brook, Digby Neck. Other deposits of North Mountain lithics can be found on Ile Haute and along the north shore of Minas Basin (i.e., between Cape d’Or and Five Islands), and similar but poorer quality materials are known from Grand Manan (Doyle 1995:308). Another possible Nova Scotian source is the quarry site on Ingonish Island, off northern Cape Breton Island. It has been classified as a medium-grained, gray chert, with pronounced foliation (Nash 1986:170). This material has been visually identified at sites along the eastern coast of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, on Prince Edward Island, and the Magdalen Islands and in most reports is referred to as a gray silicious shale (Keenlyside 1990:14; McCaffrey 1986:153). – Memorial University Anthropology Lecture Notes

Ross Creek Stilbite

STILBITE (12x7x2 cm)
A large plate of vertically terminated thick orange stilbite xls,
from Ross Creek, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Williams Minerals

Silicified Wood (Jurassic)

Fossils of Nova Scotia