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		<title>Rockhound: Opening the Treasure Chest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Volume 2 of the &#8216;Rockhound&#8217; series is now available. This particular volume focuses on the perception of value in mineral resources and the shifting lens through which Ontario&#8217;s mineral wealth is seen. In Rockhound: Opening the Treasure Chest we visit such old collecting classics as the Saranac Zircon Mine, Bear Lake, Grace Lake, Bessemer Mine [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rockhound &#8211; A Series on Rock and Mineral Collecting in Ontario</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 22:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Above: A shard of peristerite from Crystal Lake Ontario. A gem quality feldspar that is found in abundance in the tailings. In the three volume series, ‘Rockhound’, you&#8217;ll explore what it means to collect minerals in the skarns and pegmatites of the north. We’ll travel to forgotten settlements and ghost towns and you&#8217;ll visit the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bancroft Gemboree 2015 (Canada&#8217;s largest Rock and Mineral Show)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2015 20:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I just attended the Bancroft Gemboree 2015, Canada&#8217;s largest gem and mineral show. There are 3 distinct areas where rockhounds can explore their interest, the curling rink and the hockey arena which are both indoors and the outdoors trading stalls. In my experience the trading stalls are the best places to purchase minerals. Dealers come [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opening an unexplored section of Nexus Cave in the Eramosa Karst</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2015 01:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Check out the video about the opening of the unexplored section of Nexus Cave in the Eramosa Karst, a protected karst landscape just outside Hamilton, Ontario. We moved about a ton of boulders and garbage from the bottom of some fissures to expose the openings to a water passage that feeds the cave.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Book on Collecting Rocks and Minerals in Ontario</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2015 17:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, that is indeed yours truly on the front cover. This is my latest book which is on rock and mineral collecting. As you can see its called &#8216;Rockhound: an Experience of the North&#8217;. This is actually the first of several books in the Rockhound series and it consists of several chapters detailing how to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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