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Idaho Gemstones by County

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2019-08-12
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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…

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Gemstone Guide for Idaho

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2019-08-12
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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.)…

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Read more about the article Yooperlites at Pebble beach, Marathon, Ontario

Yooperlites at Pebble beach, Marathon, Ontario

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2019-07-06
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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…

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Read more about the article Panorama Amethyst Mine, Shuniah Ontario.

Panorama Amethyst Mine, Shuniah Ontario.

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2019-07-02
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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…

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Read more about the article Diamond Willow amethyst mine, Pearl Ontario

Diamond Willow amethyst mine, Pearl Ontario

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2019-07-02
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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…

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Read more about the article Geode hunting near Bloomington Indiana

Geode hunting near Bloomington Indiana

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2019-06-12
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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…

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Ohio Geology and Collecting locations

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2012-03-31
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  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…

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Fossil Collecting near Falls of Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2012-02-27
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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…

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Read more about the article Flint Collecting at Nethers Farm, Muskingum County, Ohio

Flint Collecting at Nethers Farm, Muskingum County, Ohio

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2012-02-19
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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…

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Vivianite – Medina County Ohio

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2012-01-02
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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…

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