McGill’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is now studying it as part of research about the Island of Montreal
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Rock with white calcite.

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A rock featuring a white calcite vein in a rare ‘petal’ formation has been extracted from the construction site of the future McGill Sustainability Park.

Attached to a chunk of grey stone, the full rock is the approximate size of a microwave. It was discovered by construction workers north of Pine Avenue.

Read the full article on the McGill Reporter website: Unusual calcite formation discovered at the site of McGill Sustainability Park.