Rock and Gem

IMG_2899
Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This morning just as I was getting ready to drive Maggie to work (She owns a bead store in Guelph), I checked the mail box and there was a parcel from Ventura California. I was pretty distressed as I had sent an article to the [...]

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Very Atmospheric

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IMG_0340, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This is in the Bonnechere Cave. It is a small tourist cave but the place is kind of neat. It reminds me of some wierd little turn of [...]

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Winter Fantasy

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IMG_2571, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
It is a bit of an optical illusion. The water is frozen with remarkable clarity and it looks like it is still running. This is in one of the Marmora Caves. [...]

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Richardson Mine

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IMG_1693, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
You should feel the wind blasting up this passage, it phenomenal. Just up ahead there is a tunnel that crosses this passage and further on a shaft that [...]

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Macdonald Mine

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IMG_0723, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This is a cool old mine that should appeal to mineral collectors. It is just north of Bancroft and is open and accessible to the public. Thousands of [...]

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