Lake ontario rocks

All of these Great Lakes rocks and fossils are full of history and beauty can all be found on our regional coastline! From patiently searching for a Lake

LAKE ONTARIO STONES - A true petrology smorgasbord in a short afternoon stroll: clastic sedimentary rocks – sandstone (ss.) both layered and irregular red/grey, fossiliferous bioclastic limestone with gastropods (G) and cephalopods (C), igneous granite (blue arrows), metamorphic gneiss (red arrows) with dark red garnets.

A guide to identifying beach stones found along the shorelines of Lake Michigan, with photos and info about syenite, rhyolite, pumice, dolomite, quartz, wishing stones, Presque Island serpentinite, quartzite, diabase(dolerite), pegmatite, conglomerate, banded metamorphic rock and heart stones,.

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Tips on rockhounding in Bancroft for the first time. Where you can rockhoud, get more information about sites and things to bring with you.

IMG_1584, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Last fall Maggie and I visited the Bear Lake Diggings in search of gem quality apatite. It is undoubtably one of the most spectacular mineral occurrences t…

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Every rockhound loves a good geode, and the best are those we’ve gathered ourselves. While it can be tempting to start busting every rock you find with a rock pick, you can usually tell before you attack. Geodes are a specific formation and can usually be identified by their round shape and bumpy texture. These reliable indicators don’t tell the whole story, however. So, let’s go a bit further and give you an overview of how to tell if a rock is a geode.

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