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.)…
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…
Ohio Geology and Collecting locations
Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils. For long ages Ohio lay beneath a shallow sea which received successively enormous quantities of Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian…
Fossil Collecting near Falls of Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky
From Indiana DNR The Falls of the Ohio is a great place to see fossils, but collecting is illegal except at the designatedcollecting piles next to the parking lot behind the…
Flint Collecting at Nethers Farm, Muskingum County, Ohio
The flint at the Nethers Farm is part of the Vanport flint formation that is Pennsylvanian in age and covers a ridge tops in an area of about 6 square…
Vivianite – Medina County Ohio
Data exported from DRC 3.00 (c) 2012 Gary Kindel Mine: QUILLIAN BROS. PIT City: Mine ID: 151278 County MEDINA Seq Nbr: 0391030005 State OHIO Latitude 41.02 Country USA Longitude -81.993056…