P1010585, originally uploaded by Mic2006. One of the more exciting events of my rock-related year is the Bancroft Gemboree where i can schmoose with other rock-focused people. You absolutely know that this weekend the accommodation in Bancroft and for miles around will be booked solid so either I will be staying with my sister or [...]
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Bancroft Gemboree -crystals, labgrown synthetics and other oddities
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, beading, beads, Buy The Book, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Ontario, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crystals, culture, cultures, gemology, gems, gemstones, geology, Interesting, lapidary, looking for gems, My Book, ontario, ontario caves, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, tagged Bancroft, Bancroft accomodation, Bancroft fair, Bancroft gemboree, Bancroft show, Book on caving, Caving in Ontario, rockhounding in Bancroft on July 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Lovely Juicy Tourmalines at the Bancroft Gemboree
Posted in abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, Buy The Book, Canada, fashion, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, guelph, Hamilton, Interesting, Life, My Book, my life, nature, ontario, Ontario's geography, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, Uncategorized, tagged Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, Lovely Juicy Tourmaline, red tourmaline, tourmaline, tourmalines, turmali on December 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tourmaline – Bancroft Gemboree If I was asked to pick one gem as my favorite, it would definitely be tourmaline. Look at these colors. These cabs are in a tray that was displayed by a merchant at the Bancroft Gemboree. Red tourmalines are known as “rubellite”, one of the better known deposits being some [...]
cabbed and rough corundum crystal
Posted in abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, books, Buy The Book, Canada, collecting rocks near Bancroft, corundum, crystals, environment, exploration, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, Interesting, lapidary, Life, looking for gems, mine, My Book, my life, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, sapphires, strange places, Travel, tagged Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, corundum, crystal zoning, crystals, gems, minerals, ontario, rock and gems, rockhounding, rocks and minerals, rough sapphire on November 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
finding sapphires in Ontario Faceted and rough corundum crystal, originally uploaded by Mic2006. This is what ruby and sapphire looks like in their rougher forms. They are hexagonal crystals, generally displaying a six sided shape and in the case of the cabbed ruby in the fore-ground, also showing some pretty obvious hexagonal zoning. Zoning indicates the [...]
Natural Silver Wire
Posted in abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Bancroft gemboree, Canada, Cobalt, collecting rocks near Bancroft, environment, exploration, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, history, Interesting, looking for gems, mine, mines in northern Ontario, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks in Ontario, silver, silver mines, Travel, tagged Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, collecting minerals, gem show, natural silver wire, ontario, raw silver, rock and gem, rock and mineral show, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, silver on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Raw silver found as wire – sold at the Bancroft Gemboree P1010606, originally uploaded by Mic2006. If you want it you can find it at the Bancroft Gemboree. Yeah – they look like fletched arrow spines, barbs on fish hooks or just poorly made hooks but as the vendor explained, they are naturally occuring pieces [...]
Pink Buddhas a hot commodity at the Bancroft Gemboree?
Posted in Bancroft gemboree, beading, bizzare, Caves, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crystals, Family Stuff, gemology, gems, gemstones, Interesting, looking for gems, my life, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Photography, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks in Ontario, sculpture, Travel, tagged Add new tag, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, collecting minerals, gems, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bancroft Gemboree 2008 P1010580, originally uploaded by Mic2006. This lady was selling pink buddhas at the Bancroft Gemboree. I have just got back from spending the weekend there and I have taken a number of interesting photos of the people and the minerals that were being sold. This was the first person that I saw [...]
The Bancroft Gemboree
Posted in Adventures, articles, Bancroft gemboree, beading, books, Buy The Book, Canada, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crystals, culture, Education, environment, Family Stuff, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, Interesting, Life, looking for gems, My Book, my life, ontario, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks in Ontario, trade, Travel, travel writing, tagged Add new tag, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, festivals, gems, ontario, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario on July 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
An experience of the northern rockhound culture gemboree1 008, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Ontario rockhounds look forward to the Bancroft Gemboree, it is the biggest rock and gem show in Canada. I have taken a week off work to attend the gemboree and visit various rock collecting sites up in that area. In my book (as [...]
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