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…
Amethyst from Boulder Creek Mine
Found a great article on Thunder Bay AmethystsSource article from http://www.turnstone.ca/ammgtb.htm Amethyst and Baritefrom the Thunder Bay region, northwestern Ontario, Canada"Rock of the Month # 73, posted for July 2007"…
Thunder Bay Amethyst Mines
Amethyst minesLoads of open-cast ‘amethyst mines’ have been found in this region; from 55 Km to 75 Km on the north-eastern side of Thunder Bay. Dealers which operate on the…