a desert. Minerals include a variety zeolites from the basalt cliffs at Cape Split, the area around Parrsboro, Five Islands and Cap D'Or. These include Nova Scotia's provincial mineral stilbite, as well as heulandite, analcime, chabazite, gmelinite, natrolite and thomsonite. Other minerals found in the basalts include calcite, magnetite, copper, and quartz (often as amethyst). Beautiful agate is also found. In the sedimentary rocks, gypsum is commonly found at Blomidon, Clarke Head, and near Windsor in both the colorless variety (selenite) and the fibrous variety (satin spar), the latter sometimes being bright orange. Other minerals from the sedimentary rocks include pyrite, calcite, barite, manganite, and pyrolusite. Small amounts of fluorite, celestite, howlite have also been found at Cheverie. References External links Burntcoat Head Lighthouse, Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society web page Minas Basin watershed (map link) Inlets of Canada Landforms of Nova Scotia Landforms of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Landforms of Colchester County Landforms of Hants County, Nova Scotia Landforms of Kings County, Nova Scotia Fossil trackways Ramsar sites in Canada