One of my favorite specimens – anhydrite core sample from Oak Island, NS
I have a chance to visit Oak Island in person in April 2019. Oak Island, NS.
Images of Yooperlites from Pebble beach, Marathon, Ontario
Yooperlites from Pebble beach, Marathon, Ontario Yooperlites are an uncommon fine to coarse-grained gray igneous rock named syenite. It is composed mainly of alkali feldspar and ferromagnesian minerals such as hornblende. Yooperlites are…
Idaho Gemstones by County
Gemstone information is available for the following counties. Information comes from Gemstones of Idaho written by Alice Allebaugh. Reference: Idaho Lands website (I'm reposting here because data has a way of disppearring…
Gemstone Guide for Idaho
This information comes Department of Lands website. I'm reposting here because data has a way of disppearring off the internet. (Reference: Information comes from Gemstones of Idaho written by Alice Allebaugh.)…
Ohio Petrified Wood Part 3 – Psaronius
Made another attempt to today find petrified wood in Ohio in Barnesville Belmont County area, using this article as a guide: The Aboriginal Use of Petrified Wood…
Yooperlites at Pebble beach, Marathon, Ontario
This last week, my family and I took a mineral collecting vacation to Thunder Bay, Ontario. The last stop on the trip was Pebble Beach in Marathon, Ontario in search…
Panorama Amethyst Mine, Shuniah Ontario.
Today, we visited our second amethyst mine in the Thunder Bay area: Panorama Amethyst Mine, in nearby Shuniah Ontario. Web site:http://www.amethystmine.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmethystMinePanorama/ Map: https://goo.gl/maps/zjFPFFsPakEt9dUo9 Things to know before you go... As of…
Diamond Willow amethyst mine, Pearl Ontario
Yesterday, my family and I visited the Diamond Willow Amethyst Mine in Pearl Ontario which is about 40 km north of Thunder Bay. It is one of several mines in…
Geode hunting near Bloomington Indiana
I recently collected geodes in southern Indiana for the first time. References: https://digitalrockhound.com/?p=506ml Map: Collected geodes near a reservoir just north of Bloomington Indiana. Collected geodes in the woods near…