91滴滴

Updated: Wed, 10/02/2024 - 13:45

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to 91滴滴 students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.

Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu鈥檃ux 茅tudiants et aux membres du personnel de l鈥橴niversit茅 91滴滴, ainsi qu鈥檃ux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler 脿 distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la pr茅vention pour plus de d茅tails.

91滴滴.CA / Redpath Museum / Collections and Research

Mineralogy

Minerals

The mineral collection contains over 20 000 specimens from around the world. They include the early collections of Sir William Dawson, A.F. Holmes (1797-1850), a founder of 91滴滴鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine, and B.J. Harrington (1848-1907), 91滴滴鈥檚 first lecturer in mining, and later, Professor of Chemistry and Metallurgy. In 1913 the Museum acquired an extraordinary collection of minerals from the geologist and mining engineer Walter F. Ferrier (1865-1950). Over the years, the mineral collection has been enriched by many donations. Minerals from world-wide localities are displayed in the Hodgson Gallery. The Dawson Gallery features Quebec鈥檚 mineral diversity, including such world-famous localities as Mont Saint-Hilaire, the Francon quarry in Montreal, and the Jeffrey mine in Asbestos. At both of the first two sites rare minerals have been found, including Weloganite, Dresserite, Donnayite and Hilairite, which are known from only a very few localities.

Gold in quartz, from the Redpath Museum Mineral Collection
Gold in quartz, from the Redpath Museum Mineral Collection

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A mineral case in the Hodgson Gallery

Land Acknowledgement

91滴滴 is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

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