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** NOTE: Mineral collecting field trips will begin again in the Spring. Click on Previous Events below to browse past field trips, meetings and other events. Come to our monthly meetings which are held every second Thursday each month. Bring your rocks and minerals to have experts identify or exchange for other minerals plus attend fascinating presentations. Presentations are in English but bilingual club members would be happy to translate questions.

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DeWitts Corner Spinel Field Trip

September 27 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

DeWitts Corner, south of Perth, is known as one of the finest spinel crystal locations in Canada. It was originally a calcite mine for feeding a local kiln back in the 1840s.

Note: View Doug Scott’s Blog article about Dewitts Corner being lost and found again for a fascinating deep dive.

Members of the Ottawa Valley Mineral Club collecting at the DeWitts Corners spinel pits, September 2024
Members of the Ottawa Valley Mineral Club collecting at the DeWitts Corners spinel pits, September 2024

Other minerals besides spinel that may be found include calcite, corundum, rare, hogbomite, magnetite, hornblende, diopside and scapolite.

After about an hour’s drive from Ottawa and a short easy walk, we will arrive at the spinel pits. Please go the Tim Hortons in Perth on the main Route 7: 98 Dufferin St, Perth, ON K7H 3A7 as we will meet there 10:00 am and then follow each other to the location.

Free

DeWitts Corner

1950 Christie Lake Road
Perth, Ontario Canada + Google Map