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…
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…
Scot’s Bay Nova Scotia – Bay of Fundy Area
Travelling for work gave my wife and I a chance to visit area of the world I have always wanted to visit, Bay of Fundy... In my research, I found…