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Read more about the article My new microscope and digial camera rig.

My new microscope and digial camera rig.

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2020-01-11
  • Post category:Blog

I bought myself nice starter AMScope stereo microscope with continuous zoom 20x to 90x. The digital camera is Celestron 5MP  USB camera.  I added a adjustable level LED light ring…

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Read more about the article One of my favorite specimens – anhydrite core sample from Oak Island, NS

One of my favorite specimens – anhydrite core sample from Oak Island, NS

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2019-12-12
  • Post category:Blog

I have a chance to visit Oak Island in person in  April 2019.  Oak Island, NS.

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Read more about the article General types of fossil corals

General types of fossil corals

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2019-08-30
  • Post category:Blog

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Read more about the article Images of Yooperlites from Pebble beach, Marathon, Ontario

Images of Yooperlites from Pebble beach, Marathon, Ontario

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2019-08-22
  • Post category:Blog

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…

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Idaho Gemstones by County

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2019-08-12
  • Post category:Blog

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
  • Post category:Blog

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 Ohio Petrified Wood Part 3 – Psaronius

Ohio Petrified Wood Part 3 – Psaronius

  • Post author:Gary Kindel
  • Post published:2019-07-18
  • Post category:Blog

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…

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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
  • Post category:Blog

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
  • Post category:Blog

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
  • Post category:Blog

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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I'm avid fossil, mineral, rock collector with a geological engineering degree from SDSM&T. Currently employed as a desktop software developer with 20+ years experience as a software engineer in the medical software industry. Also trying to learn abit more about web development.
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