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CULTURE secretary Maria Miller said it was 'vital' that the Government continued to support creative industries in the UK during a visit to Stroud Valleys Artspace last Tuesday, February 19.
The Conservative politician was given a tour of SVA by its directors, Jo Leahy and Neil Walker, and told how a recent grant of £510,000 from the Arts Council would help transform the premises.
Thanks to the funds, raised via the National Lottery, and an award of £50,000 from the Cheltenham-based Summerfield Charitable Trust, SVA's John Street home will benefit from a new exhibition space, refurbished studios and a redesigned courtyard.
Mrs Miller was shown designs and a model of the plans, produced by the internationally renowned Tony Fretton Architects, whose previous work includes the Camden Arts Centre and the British embassy in Warsaw.
She also spoke to artists and textile designers and wished her hosts every success with the next phase of the development, which is due to start in July and be completed by September.
Speaking to the SNJ, she said: "I think this artist-led project is clearly already providing great support for local artists and the next stage of the project will provide not only a shop window but also great opportunities for people who are already making use of the centre.
"It is vital that we support creative industries and the arts sector in Britain. Artist-led projects like this one play an important part in supporting a vibrant creative industry sector in this country."
MP Neil Carmichael, who joined Mrs Miller on the visit last Tuesday, February 19, said Stroud's reputation for the arts would be strengthened by the redevelopment.
SVA co-director Neil Walker said he was 'impressed' that a member of the Government had taken the time to visit.
Textile designer Liz Lippiatt, who spoke to Mrs Millar, said: "She seemed genuinely interested in what we are doing. British designers are good for the economy. It is a great export business."


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Rains don't spoil the fireworks
Published: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 10:54 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 10:54 p.m.
You don't have to be an American to celebrate Independence Day, as was evident at Wednesday night's Fanfares and Fireworks festivities.
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The University of Florida, where the event was held, is the academic home to a lot of students from other countries and many of them were at Flavet Field to enjoy the music and fireworks.
Among them were Anudeep Kurudi and Rahul Koneru, who are experiencing their first Fourth of July with several other friends from India.
"We just know it is Independence Day. We want to celebrate the way local people do," Kurudi said. "We have a festival in India with fireworks, a religious festival. We want to see what this is like."
The fireworks were in jeopardy as rain moved in about an hour into the event, which kicked off at 7 p.m. and continued off and on until the fireworks were ignited about 9:40 p.m.
It's believed that the first fireworks were created in China around 200 B.C. with the discovery of gunpowder.
So UF microbiology student Yezhang Ding and his wife, Donglan Chen, who came to Fanfares and Fireworks with their toddler daughter Rebecca Ding, said they have seen some spectacular shows in their native China.
"Last year we came here and watched the fireworks. They were very good," he said. "We have fireworks on our national holiday. We have lots of festivals with fireworks."
The evening also featured music by Richy Stano and Mindwalk, Mark Gaignard and the Barstool Prophets and the Gainesville Community band, along with patriotic speeches by local dignitaries.
Gainesville Regional Utilities was flying a 50-foot-by-30-foot flag hung from two cranes, which despite its size was waving in the breeze created by the incoming rainstorm.
Officials said the crowd was good even with the threat of rain, with people spread out on blankets across the expansive field munching on picnic food, pizza and — what would a crowd-drawing event be without them? — funnel cakes.
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CINCINNATI (AP) -- Police are offering a $5,000 reward for information that could help them find a man they say fled from a Cincinnati police-involved shooting last week that left one man dead and another wounded.
Cincinnati police have said Officer Orlando Smith fatally shot 19-year-old Dontez O'Neal last Wednesday after they say O'Neal fired at Smith from a vehicle. Police say officers were following the vehicle after an alleged undercover drug buy. Another man police say was in the vehicle was wounded in the arm in the gunfire. He has pleaded not guilty to four drug trafficking counts.
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Since I posted some StreamInsight info the other day, I've had a bunch of people asking me what StreamInsight is used for.
StreamInsight is Microsoft's implementation of Complex Event Processing. This is not a new market but it is new territory for Microsoft.
Complex Event Processing (CEP) is all about querying data while it's still in flight. Traditionally, we obtain data from a source, put it into a database and then query the database. When using CEP, we query the data *before* it hits a database and derive information that helps us make rapid business decisions, potentially also including automated business decisions.
I liked the way that one of our new colleagues (Sharon Bjeletich) put it to me: "It's about throwing the data at the query, rather than throwing the query at the data".
There are lots of places that this makes sense but they all involve relatively high data rates. Good examples of these are automated trading in capital markets, fraud detection in networks or in casino operations, battefield control systems for military use, outbreak management for public health, etc.
While StreamInsight may combine the data with reference data stored in SQL Server, the primary development skills needed for working with it are .NET development skills.
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Interesting, but I am not really sure I see the need for such system. It sounds like it is used to "check something and do some decision" on, for example, an INSERT statement that is being executed against the database. I have the feeling that this approach is completely wrong and that such feature is completely unnecessary. If you want to "check something", then you should do that before executing the query. If you cannot do that, then you should be executing the query against a temporary table and then "check something" on that temporary table.
It's another one of those systems that I'll do my best never to use.
When you say you should "check it before executing the query", I suspect you're assuming that the query is a database query. It's not. It's a standing LINQ query in .NET. This is done well before it goes anywhere near the database. The data is being queried in-flight in a .NET layer.
I think Giammarco's question is indicative of what we're going to see a LOT of: the fact that this product is being released as part of SQL Server is going to confuse a lot of people. This probably should have been released as a separate product or through some .NET channel. Although perhaps there is no appropriate ship vehicle on that end? Maybe part of Windows itself would have been better?
+1 with Adam.
Why is this bundled with SQL Server at all?
I think Visual Studio would have been the correct channel for shipping it but I imagine it's gone into SQL Server as it's a channel that can be monetized. (Just my guess)
Thanks Adam... I was really going nuts thinking I was missing some crucial aspect of what StreamInsight was all about... I just could not see the SQL Server connection!


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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - Police are looking for a shooter after a 25-year-old woman and a teenager were shot Monday night near the intersection of Third Avenue South and Seventh Street South, according to the Jacksonville Beach Police Department.
Officers who arrived about 11 p.m. said they found Iesha Mann lying in the street with a gunshot wound to her back. She was flown to Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, where she was reported in critical condition. Her condition was upgraded to serious Tuesday afternoon.
As officers were working that call, they learned a 17-year-old boy arrived at the emergency room of Baptist Medical Center Beaches with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Police said they determined both victims were shot at the South Jacksonville Beach scene.
Witnesses said they heard as many as 10 shots fired, and then heard Mann screaming for help.
"My fiance was comforting her, telling her to stay still, and blood was just coming out of her," witness Natalie Oliver said. "She was saying, 'I don't want to die, I don't want to die.' It was just horrible."
"She said she couldn't feel the lower half of her body, and somebody was asking her from the neighborhood who did this, and she was saying, 'I don't know, I don't know,'" Oliver added.
An acquaintance of Mann's who did not want to be identified said Mann was new to the neighborhood and enjoyed walking her dog and playing outside with her two young sons.
"This lady does have kids that she has to look after, and it's sad that she could be paralyzed for the rest of her life," the acquaintance said.
Witnesses said two men in their late teens or early 20s were seen running from the scene.
Investigators don't believe the shooting was gang related, but longtime residents like Oliver say the neighborhood has been attracting trouble for months. While she said she plans to move, she also makes a heartfelt plea for those responsible to come forward.
"An innocent victim was shot and she could be paralyzed for the rest of her life," Oliver said. "So please, if you did this or know something -- someone in the neighborhood knows something."
Anyone with any information about the shootings is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS.
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Old Cobalt Specimens
I've added a number of old specimens from the Cobalt Mining Camp to my website under "Cobalt, Old Collection" in the main Minerals listing of the website (or in the 100 Most Recently Added" feature). Most have pre-1923 handwritten tags with them, many from unusual locations.
Van Silver Mine!
Van Silver Mine! Check out the excellent sulphosalt crystal specimens from the collection of the late Ty Balacko under Van Silver Mine" in the main Minerals listings or in the "100 Most Recently Added" feature on the home page. Ty was the top collector of these specimens and assembled a collection of excellent crystals.
Batopilas Silver!
I've added some very rich, well crystallized, silver specimens from the famous Batopilas silver mining area of Mexico to this website.
Society Girl Mine Pyromorphite
We don't see specimens like these very often! Small clusters of bright green, sharp, pyromorphite crystals from this long closed mine.
Excellent Gmelinite!
I've added some very nice, top notch gmelinite specimens, from Nova Scotia, to my website. Hard to get better!
Beautiful Calcite Crystals!, Inverhuron Ontario
These are some of the most interesting and beautiful calcite crystals around!
Nordenskioldine Crystal Specimens
Here is a rare one! All of these specimens have sharp, crystals of the rare tin-calcium borate Nordenskioldine, associated with lollingite from the remote Yukon.
"Fundylite" Specimens -Calcite Pseudomorphs After Calcite from Fort Beausejour, NB
Unusual pseudomorphs from a classic location!
Sulphides, Sulposalts
I've added a number of unusual sulphides and sulphosalts to this website. Check them out in the "50 Most Recent Specimens" feature on my Home page?
International Minerals
I've added some really nice international minerals to the website including Spanish fluorites, an Afghan Aquamarine, a couple of interesting Chinese fluorite specimens, a Chinese cassiterite and some nice sulphides/arsenides. Check them out in the "50 Most Recently Added Specimens" feature on this home page?
Unusual Celestine, Amherstburg
There are some unusual celestine specimens from one of the limestone quarries near Amherstburg, Ontario, now on the website under South Ontario Limestone Quarries in the main Minerals Listings.
Hawleyite, Galena Hill, Yukon
I am fortunate to have obtained some very nice, rich specimens of this rare mineral from an unusual locality in the Yukon. The cubic polymorph of Greenockite. Look under Hawleyite in the main Minerals Listings.
Proustite! Morocco
I've added some excellent proustite specimens from the Bouismas Mine to the website. Check them out under Morocco in the main minerals listings.
There are some new Stromeyerite specimens on my website. Unlike most that I have seen for sale, these ones actually ARE Stromeyerite. They have been analysed.
Ave added some of the best gersdorffite specimens that I've ever seen to my website. Check them out!
Canadian Minerals
I've loaded a number of unique and interesting minerals from, mostly, Ontario and Quebec to my website. Check them out in the "50 Most Recently Added Specimens" feature on the home page or under the "NEW" Flags in the main Minerals listings.
Franklin Fluorescent and Rare Minerals
I added a number of mineral specimens from Franklin to my website a couple of weeks ago and they were quickly snapped up. I found another flat and have uploaded these to this website. Check them out under "Franklin" in the main Minerals section of this website.
Gold Specimens!
There are a number of really nice, new gold specimens on the website. Check out the "NEW" flags under "Gold" in the main minerals listings.
Bolivian Sulphosalts
I've added some nice Bolivian bournonite and stannite specimens to the website. You can see them under "Bolivian Minerals" in the main Minerals Listings.
Check out the world class brewsterite crystals on specimens under "Brewsterite, Yellow Lake".
Bay of Fundy Minerals
Check out the pages under "Zeolites, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia" and "Copper, Cape D'Or" to see many new, excellent specimens from the Bay of Fundy region, including Copper, analcime, heulandite, chabazite, stilbite, etc.
Brazilian Pegmatite Minerals
A number of new almeidaite, microlite, xenotime and greifensteinite crystal specimens on the website under "Brazilian Minerals" in the main Minerals listings of this website.
Peruvian Minerals.
There are many excellent new minerals particularly minerals from the Quiruvilca and Casapalca Mines, including hutchinsonite, enargite, tetrahedrite and many others. Look in the "Peru" pages in the main Minerals listings.
Tsumeb Minerals
I've added many new, excellent specimens from the Tsumeb Mine to this website. Check them out in the Tsumeb pages in the main Minerals listings.
I've added some new gold specimens to the site. Check out the entries under the "Gold" pages in the "Minerals" section of this website.
Recent Activities -Nova Scotia and Flamboro
I've added two new entries in my "Recent Activities" section of my website. One is about my recent collecting trip to Nova Scotia. The other is about another collecting opportunity at the Flamboro Quarry. Check them out!
I've added many interesting new specimens from the Cobalt-Gowganda silver mining area to my website. Look under "Cobalt" in the main "Minerals" listing.
I've added a new section to my website called "Books". There are two titles currently featured in this new category. One is "Miner Indiscretions" a humorous fiction book about curious goings-on at an old gold mine in South Africa. The other is "Mineraux du Mont Saint-Hilaire", a reference book featuring the history, geology and minerals of Mont Saint-Hilaire by the famous MSH collector Gilles Haineault. I recommend both books!
International Assortment
I've added a number of new minerals to my website, mostly a variety of great specimens from USA, Mexico and Canada. Some nice secondary minerals! Check them out!
No Mail Strike!
The threatened mail strike in Canada has been averted, for now. For the immediate future, there will not be a strike. Please feel free to order from me and be confident that your parcel will arrive as normal.
New Sulphides
I recently acquired the collection of a geologist that specialized in arsenopyrite mineralization. As such, I've been able to add some excellent specimens of this mineral from various locations around the world. Look mostly under "Sulphides -Page Two" in the main Minerals listings of this website.
Mont Saint-Hilaire!
I've added some excellent new Mont Saint-Hilaire specimens to this website, including some very rare ones. Look for the "New" flags under Mont Saint-Hilaire, in the main minerals listing.
Cobalt, Ontario Mineral Specimens
I've added many new, excellent specimens from the Cobalt Silver Mining area to this website. Look under "Cobalt" in the main "Minerals" listings.
Cobalt Article
Check out the new article, "Cobalt, An overview of History, Geology and Mineralogy" on this website in the "Articles" Section. It may be the most comprehensive specimen mineralogy article ever written about Cobalt.
Xanthoconite, Proustite, Pearcite
I've added some exceptional new specimens of Xanthoconite, proustite and pearcite from the Imiter Mine to the website. The smaller specimens can be viewed in the "50 Most Recently Added Specimens" list on this home page, while the bigger ones are in the Morocco-Imiter page in the main minerals list.
A retired mining executive from Toronto recently retired and I am fortunate to have the opportunity to offer you many of the Tsumeb specimens from his collection. Most were acquired in Africa in the '70s and 80's. Check them out in the Tsumeb pages in the main Minerals listings.
New Silver, Silver Islet, Altaite and others!
I've added some nice dendritic silver specimens from the historic Silver Islet Mine to my website. As well some exceedingly rich altaite specimens from the classic Mattagami Lake Mine.
Uranium and other Radioactive Minerals
I've added some rare uranium minerals to my website. Check them out on the Home Page for a while in the "50 Most Recently Added Specimens" button or in the main "Minerals" listings in this website. Some REALLY nice ones!
New Article About Collecting Minerals on the Bay of Fundy by Ray McDougall!
I've added a new article to this website, sort of. If you check out the "Articles" section of this website, you'll find a link to an article about "Collecting Minerals on the Bay of Fundy" by Raymond McDougall. Check it out!
Nova Scotia Zeolites and Howlites
I've added many excellent specimens of crystallized and nodular howlite, from Nova Scotia, to this website. Check them out under "Howlite" in the main "Minerals" section of the website? As well, there are a number of new zeolite minerals added to the "Zeolites" pages in the main Minerals listings of the website. Look for the "NEW" flags.
Jeffrey Mine
There are a number of new Jeffrey Mine specimens on the website. Look for the "NEW" signs under "Jeffrey Mine" in the main Minerals section of this website. Species include vesuvianite, pectolite, prehnite, scolecite and calcite.
Amethystine Quartz
I've added several interesting amethystine, sceptered quartz crystals from Sanca Creek, Kootenay Lake, BC to my website. Look under "Quartz, Various Canadian Locations" in the main "Minerals" listings.
Rare Minerals!
I've added some excellent sliced terrestrial iron specimens from Russia to my website. Look under "Iron". As well, there are some really nicely crystallized pyroaurite specimens from Langban in the "Treasures, Odds and Sods" category.
I've added some very well crystallized , affordable, small gold specimens from both the San Antonio Mine in Venezuela and Pine Creek, near Atlin, British Columbia. Really sharp!
New Minerals Brazil and Others
There are some excellent xenotime-(Y) crystals on the site, as well as interesting anatase and rutile crystals. Look under "Brazil" in the main Minerals listing.
Interesting Geological Oddities
I've added some geological items to the website this time! There are some new, amazing shattercones and impact breccias from the Sudbury meteor impact site. The impact occurred 1.85 billion years ago and is the second largest meteor impact site on the planet! Look under "Rocks and Ores" for these. As well, I've added a number of samples of kimberlite, from two different sources to the site. Check out the indicator minerals and rock inclusions. Very interesting! These are also under "Rocks and Ores".
I've added some excellent specimens of svanbergite crystals on dolomite and magnesite from the Mount Brusiloff Mine, British Columbia.
Cobalt -Silver and Associated Minerals
Some super high grade silver specimens and slices have been added to my website, plus some nice specimens of associated minerals -nickeline, skutterudite, lollingite, etc. Look under "Cobalt" in the main "Minerals" listings.
Yukon Phosphates
There are some new phosphate mineral specimens from Rapid Creek on my website. Lazulite, whiteite, kulanite, etc. Look under "Yukon Phosphates in the main "Minerals" listings.
Vlasovite, Gittinsite, Kipawa Complex
There are a number of excellent specimens of vlasovite in bright pink eudialyte on my website. Some of the vlasovite crystals have an alteration rind of white gittinsite. Look under "Vlasovite".
Nova Scotian Minerals
Lots of interesting new Nova Scotian minerals have been added to the site, all from the Bay of Fundy Region, including thomsonite, mesolite, apophyllite, calcite, magnetite and native copper. Check them out!
Tsumeb Azurite Specimens
I've added some very nice, azurite specimens from the famous locality at Tsumeb, Namibia. Look under Tsumeb, in the main "Minerals" listing.
Peruvian minerals
I've added many new specimens from Peruvian localities to the website including Enargite, stibnite and hutchinsonite from the Quiruvilca Mine and alabandite from the Ucchuchacua Mine. Check them out under "Peru" in the main Minerals listings.
Sudbury Area Minerals!
I've put some excellent specimens from the Sudbury area on this website including cleavable millerite, rich pentlandite and excellent examples of the Sudbury Impact Breccia. These are all listed in the "Rocks and Ores" section of this website. As well, there are very good crystals of cubanite from the Strathcona Mine, Levack, listed under "Cubanite" in the main "Minerals" listings of this website.
I've put some excellent specimens from the Sudbury area on this website including cleavable millerite, rich pentlandite and excellent examples of the Sudbury Impact Breccia. These are all listed in the "Rocks and Ores" section of this website. As well, there are very good crystals of cubanite from the Strathcona Mine, Levack, listed under "Cubanite" in the main "Minerals" listings of this website.
Thunder Bay Amethyst!
I've put many new, beautiful, displayable amethyst specimens from the Diamond Willow Mine on this website. Go to Quartz, var. Amethyst, in the main Minerals listing to view them. They are the best of many specimens mined by the Nicklin Family at the mine, years ago.
Tanco Mine!
I've added a number of new minerals from the Tanco Mine including titanowodginite (type locality), rossmanite, cesium-rich beryl, quartz and fluorescent simpsonite.
Quarry Additions
I've added many new sphalerite, fluorite, calcite and other specimens from the Flamboro and Lafarge Quarries to the Website. Look under "South Ontario Limestone Quarries" in the main Minerals listing.
Various Minerals
I've added many miscellaneous specimens here and there throughout the website. Check the "NEW" flags for the nest minerals!
Greenland Minerals
I've added a number of new specimens to the website, all listed under "Greenland" in the main minerals listings. There are some unusual rare minerals from some of the unique alkalai intrusive deposits there, including a number of very old specimens from the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection, including old labels.
I'm Baaaaackkkk!!!
I have returned from hospital and am continuing recuperation from home. I am feeling better but I have a lot of healing to do! I will have no trouble filling orders now. As soon as I am up to it, I will re-commence adding interesting mineral specimens to my website. Thanks for your patience and well wishes over the past months!
Sulphides, Sulphosalts, Native Elements and
I've added lots of unusual specimens to the website. Many of the localities are so obscure, for SURE you will not have heard of them. Look for the "NEW" flags!
Stokesite and Stannomicrolite
There are some excellent specimens of these two unusual minerals on a new page "Stokesite" in the main "Minerals" listings.
There is a new page of monazite crystals from the Amtatofosikely Pegmatite in Madagascar on this website. Check them out under "Monazite".
Husky Mine
I've added very nice specimens of polybasite, mostly rich micro-specimens from the Husky Mine to this website. Check them out under "Polybasite".
Mont Saint-Hilaire Rarities!
I've added many new specimens from Mont Saint-Hilaire to this website. Look under "Mont Saint-Hilaire" in the main "Minerals" listings for the "NEW" flags.
Exceptional Crocoite Specimen
I am fortunate to offer you a one-of-a-kind superb Russian Crocoite specimen from Berezovskoye, the type locality for both crocoite and vauquelinite. This specimen shows well crystallized crocoite and vauquelinite. Have a look in the "Connoisseurs Choice" page at the beginning of the main Minerals listings!
Wulfenite, Mimetite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango
I've added some gorgeous Wulfenite-Mimetite specimens to the website. Look under "Wulfenite" in the main Minerals listings.
Mont Saint-Hilaire!
I've added a number of new specimens from Mont Saint-Hilaire to this website including peatite, monteregianite, sodalite, horvathite-(Y), hilairite, gaidonnayite, neighborite, petersenite-(Ce) and many others. Look for the "NEW" flags under Mont Saint-Hilaire!
Rare and Unusual Minerals
Recently, I purchased part of an international rare minerals collection and I've added the specimens to this website. Check them out under "Microminerals" under the "NEW" flags.
Yukon Phosphates!
I've added some specimens with excellent crystals of arrojadite, kulanite, fluorapatite, etc to the website. Look under "Yukon, in the main "Minerals" section.
Nanisivik Mine
There are several pages of new specimens of pyrite, sphalerite, calcite, dolomite, etc., from the Nanisivik Mine on the site. Look under "Nanisivik Mine"!
Fluorite, Sphalerite, Calcite, etc., Southern Ontario
There are several pages of excellent specimens from limestone quarries in southern Ontario on the website. Look under "Southern Ontario Limestone Quarries", in the main "Minerals" to see them!
Calcite ps Ikaite
Pseudomorph Collectors! I've added a page of excellent pseudomorphs of calcite after ikaite from Codroy, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Molybdenite Specimens
I've added a page of very nice, well crystallized molybdenite crystals, in quartz matrix, from the Moly Hill Mine in Northern Quebec, to my website. Have a look!
Lots of New Specimens!
I've added lots of new specimens to this website in the past week! -Under Grenville, excellent Parker Mine spinel and forsterite crystals. -Excellent nepheline crystals. -Super uvite pseudomorphs after serendibite. -Unusual, sharp clinohumite crystals. -Various categories - look for "NEW" flags under many categories for the latest additions from an old collection. -Super silver Specimens from Silver Bear Mine, Great Bear Lake. -Rich gold specimens from Val D'Or.
Silver from Cobalt
I've added a number of excellent and interesting silver specimens, with associated minerals, from the classic Cobalt mining camp. Look for the "NEW" flags under Cobalt, in the main "Minerals" listing.
More Tsumeb!
I've added some very nice, reasonably priced smithsonite specimens to the website plus some larger specimens of smithsonite, wulfenite, mottramite, aragonite, etc. Check under "Tsumeb" in the main minerals listing.
I've Got the Blues! -Lazulite and Azurite!
I've entered a "Blue Period" with many excellent specimens of lazulite from Rapid Creek and azurite from Tsumeb, added to this website.
Gold, Woodhouseite, Spinel and Brewsterite
I've added quite and assortment of minerals to my website over the past while. Some unusual minerals and localities. Check out the new flags!
I have added a number of relatively unusual minerals from Tsumeb to my website. Check them out under "Tsumeb, Assorted Minerals" in the main minerals listing.
Cobalt Area Silver -Old Collection!
I've added a number of specimens of high grade and unusual silver specimens. Some are from the collection of a former mine manager at Cobalt.
I've added an assortment of really nice calcite specimens. Look under "Calcite, Various Localities" in the main mineral listings.
Mont Saint-Hilaire!
I've added a number of different MSH specimens to the site including really nice gobbinsite, gmelinite, grossular var. hibschite, berthierine, corundum, carletonite, plus a few other unusual minerals. Look for the "NEW" Flags in the Mont Saint Hilaire Pages.
Tsumeb Sulphides and Sulphosalts
We are used to seeing secondary Minerals and carbonates from Tsumeb but not metallic minerals! I've put a number of chalcocite, copper, tennantite, etc., specimens on my website from Tsumeb. Check them out, under "Tsumeb".
Howlite,. Iona, Nova Scotia
I've added the best crystallized howlite specimens I've ever had to my website. from an old cache of a Nova Scotia collector. Look under Howlite.
Mexican Minerals
Some great new Mexican Minerals on my website including very well crystallized danburite and datolite plus some really nice fluorapatite crystals from Cerro del Mercado. Look under the headings starting with those mineral names in the main listings.
Karibibite, Umlil, Morocco
There are now some excellent karibibite in lollingite specimens listed on this website. Look under "Morocco, Karibibite" in the main minerals listing.
Siegenite, Sweetwater Mine
I've added some nice siegenite specimens to the website. They're not often available, these days! Look under "Siegenite".
European and Other Classics
I've added a number of older, European Classics to my website. Look under "Treasures, Odds and Sods", as well as "British Minerals".
I've added some excellent new gold specimens from various localities PLUS a new group of electrum specimens from the Engineer Mine -old stuff! Look under "Gold" and "Engineer Mine". In addition some cool cassiterite pebbles from BC placer workings.
Spencerite and Alabandite
There are some excellent specimens of spencerite from the type locality, the HB Mine, now on the website. As well, very sharp alabandite crystals from Tanzania!
Mont Saint-Hilaire Rarities!
I've added a number of excellent Mont Saint-Hilaire Specimens to the website including micheelsenite, ferrocolumbite, willemite, steacyite, etc. Others too. Check them out!
Sulphides, Silver Minerals!
I've put a bunch of assorted sulphide minerals on the website. Look under "Sulphides". A well, some very nice miargyrite, pyrargyrite and crystallized silver specimens from the San Genaro Mine, Peru. Look under "Peru"!
New Music Recording!
I've recorded a Compact Disc Recording of Mineral Collecting and Mining Songs called "Nuggets and High Grade". Lots of, mostly, humorous and "upbeat" songs about our favourite interests! Only $15.00! Check out the new "Music" Section of my website to learn more!?
Fluorescent Minerals, Mont Saint-Hilaire
I've added some unique fluorescent minerals from the amazing Mont Saint-Hilaire locality to this website. Gaidonnayite, hackmanite, Fluorite, leucophanite, willemite. Images are shown in both white light and U/V. Look in the main "Minerals" listing under Mont Saint-Hilaire and the "Fluorescent" tags.
Francon Quarry
I've added many excellent specimens of weloganite from the type locality, the long-closed Francon Quarry, to my website. As well, I've also added many accessory minerals from the miarolitic cavities in the quarry such as cryolite, dresserite, dawsonite celestine and strontianite.
I've added some VERY good new Tsumeb specimens to the website. Really nice cerussites, especially. Check out "Tsumeb" in the main minerals listing.
For those of you that have purchased hogbomite, from Dewitt's Corners, from me, in the recent past. Analyses by the Canadian Museum of Nature show that the crystals are usually part magnesiohogbomite and part ferrohogbomite. The analyses show that they are more often magnesiohogbomite dominant. Hope that is of interest!?
Gmelinite, Analcime
I've added some very nice analcime and gmelinite specimens from the Bay of Fundy Region to this website. Look under "Zeolites" in the main Minerals listing. Some of the gmelinites are the fascinating and beautiful gmelinite pseudomorphs after chabazite. Wonderful zeolites!
Cobalt Area Silver and Minerals!
There are many new rich and/or interesting Cobalt area silver specimens added to this website. Check them out!?
Altaite, Mattagami Lake Mine
I've put a bunch of rich specimens of this unusual telluride mineral on the site. Look under "Altaite".
Copper, Copper, Copper!
I've added lots of new crystallized copper specimens to the website. Look under "Copper" in the main Minerals listing and check out the "NEW" flags.
Grenville Geological Province Specimens
I've added a wide variety of mineral specimens from various localities in the Grenville, including wollastonite, spinel, hogbomite, titanite and many other interesting minerals.
Cobaltite, Brazil Lake, Ontario
There is now a page of interesting, well crystallized cobaltite crystal specimens from the famous Brazil Lake occurrence on my website.
I am fortunate to have been able to acquire some very nice specimens from the Tsumeb Mine, mostly Smithsonite and calcite but a few other species, as well. Look under "Tsumeb" in the main Minerals listing.
Hollinger Mine Gold Specimens
I've put some nice gold specimens from the historic Hollinger Mine on my website. Nice gold-in-quartz specimens, mostly.
Jeffrey Mine, Black Lake Mine
I've added some very nice Jeffery Mine grossular, prehnite, vesuvianite and pectolite to the website. Look under "Jeffrey Mine". As well there are some awesome suolunite specimens from the Black Lake Mine at Thetford Mines, near Asbestos. Look under "Suolunite".
Michigan Coppers
I've added some interesting new crystallized copper specimens to the website. Some copper-silver specimens, too! Check under "Copper" in the main Minerals listing.
Yukon Gormanite and Brazilianite
There are very nice new gormanite crystal specimens on the website. As well, some interesting brazilianite crystals associated with corroded lazulite. Look under "Yukon" in the main "Minerals" listing.
Minerals from Peru!
Recently, I visited Peru and collected or purchased interesting minerals from a number of classic localities there. See that article called "Quiruvilca Mine Visit" in the "Articles" section of the website. Please check out the "Peru" listings in the main "Minerals" section of this website to see some of them.
New Mont Saint-Hilaire!
I've put many new Mont Saint-Hilaire specimens on this website. Look in the main "Minerals" listing under "Mont Saint-Hilaire".
Elmwood Mine Sphalerite
There is a new page showing beautiful sphalerite specimens from the Elmwood Mine in the Main Mineral listing.
New minerals!
I've added new Musselwhite Gold specimens, some rare wittichenite crystals (sorry, these are sold out!), awesome cylindrite crystals and excellent Fergusonite-(Y) specimens. Check them out!
Tritomite, Uraninite
I've added some awesom Uraninite and Tritomite-(Y) specimens to this website. Check them out under Uranium Minerals and Uraninite in the main Minerals listing.
More Crystallized Bouismas Mine Silver Specimens
I've put some eally nice new densritic silver specimens from the Bouismas Mine onto my website. Look under "Silver" in the main minerals listing.
There are a whole new group of Tsumeb minerals on this website, mostly consisting of smithsonite and calcite specimens. Have a look.
Rare minerals
I've added some specimens of scainiite, robinsonite, gudmundite and berzelianite to this website. Look under "Sulphides" in the main Minerals listing.
Bay of Fundy Zeolites
Lots of good looking and some unusual zeolites have been added to the website. Look under "Zeolites" in the main Minerals listing!
Beautiful Fluorite and Sphalerite!
There are quite a few new specimens added to the site from the Lafarge and Flamboro quarries in southern Ontario. Have a look under "Southern Ontario" in the main mineral listing. There is also an article about this region in the "articles" section of this website.
Silver, Bouismas Mine
I'v had some of the silver from the Bouismas Mine analysed and find that it is, indeed, silver but with a couple of percent mercury. That is why it doesn't tarnish. It has the structure of crystallized silver and so I am deducing that it this particular group of specimens are indeed silver and not a silver pseudomorph after dyscrasite. FYI
Kulanite, Safflorite
I've added some excellent safflorite specimens from Cobalt plus some nice kulanite specimens from the Yukon to the website. Look under Yukon Phosphates, Kulanite and Cobalt, Various Species.
Joseite -B
There is now a very nice group of Joseite -B specimens on my website. If you are interested in this unusual telluride, please have a look?
Moroccan Silver Minerals
I've just returned from Morocco and brought back some very nice crystallized Silvers, wire silvers and very sharp acanthite ps after argentite specimens. Some are "killers". Look under Imiter Mine and Silver, Bouismas Mine.
Gold-Tetradymite Nuggets
I've obtained a second group of these unusual nuggets from Sonora Gulch in the Yukon, including one big one. Have a look!
Website Troubles!
The "On-Line Order Form" was not working for a few days. If you tried to place and order this way and it did not function, please just let me know or try again? I think the website problems have been fixed! I hope so! If you have any problems, at all, please tell me about them?
Engineer Mine
I've added some unique specimens fron the old Engineer Mine, Atlin, British Columbia to this website. Specimens include electrum, arsenic, stibarsen and calcite. Look in the special "Engineer Mine" section of the site! As well, there is a complete article on the Engineer Mine specimen recovery project in the "Articles" Section of this web site.
Grenville Goodies!
I've put a number of interesting Grenville Geological Province minerals on my website including a number of slightly radioactive minerals like Betafite from Silver Crater mine, uranophane from the Madawaska Mine, uraninite and Kemp Prospect thorite, plus a couple of nice Silver Crater zircons. You'll also find some Dravite specimens from the Tait Farm and Rutile crystals from McGregor Lake, Quebec. Look under "Grenville? and "Zircons" for new flags. Look under "Secondary Minerals" for a couple of really nice cuprosklodowskite specimens from Musonoi mine. Look for "NEW" flags, in general!
Tsumeb -Smithsonite
Are you interested in quality Tsumeb specimens? I've added some dandy smithsonite specimens on the "Tsumeb" page. As well there are some other very nice secondary minerals, such as descloizite and mimetite under "Secondary Minerals".
Quartz -Japan Law Twins
I've put some very high quality quartz specimens showing the Japan-Law twinning on this website under "Quartz".
Yukon Phosphates
There are a LOT of new Yukon phosphates from Rapid Creek and Big Fish River on the website, including satterlyite, wicksite, lazulite, wolfeite, gormanite, brazilianite and maricite.
Gold and Antimony
I've put some interesting gold-tetradymite nuggets on the website, as well as some unique native antimony.
Recent Nova Scotia Activities
There are two new photo-essays about recent collecting activities in Nova Scotia -one about collecting zeolites on the Bay of Fundy and the other about collecting native antimony at West Gore. Look in the "Recent Activities" section of this website.
Gold and Silver!
I've added some great new specimens from the Cobalt-Gowganda silver mining area to my website, particularly non-silver specimens like bismuth, safflorite, lollingite, etc. As well, some additional great old gold specimens from the Kerr Addison mine.
New Minerals
I've added amazing GOLD specimens from the Kerr Addison Mine, misc. sulphides, and nice calcite specimens from Norwegian and Inverhuron, Ontario localities.
New Articles and Recent Activities
I've put two new entries in the "Recent Activities" section of my website: -A visit to the Museum of Natural History in Milano, Italy -Tucson, 2012, some highlights As well, in the "Articles" section, there is a short article on observations on the mesmerizingly interesting and fascinating topic the darkening of native arsenic. Check it out and fall asleep!
Jeffrey Mine!
I've put some nice, new diopside, grossular and vesuvianite specimens in the main Minerals Listing.
Senarmontite, Mercury
There are now some interesting new native mercury specimens from the New Idria Mine, California and some nice senarmontite crystals from the Classic Algerian locality on this website.
Alabandite, Sperrylite, Skutterudite!
There are now some excellent specimens of Alabandite, sperrylite and skutterudite on this website. Look in the main Mineral List.
Native Copper
I've added four pages of native copper specimens from the Keweenaw Peninsula to this website. Classic specimens and localities!
New Article -SW Ontario Mineral Occurrences
I have put a new article detailing mineral occurrences in the Paleozoic rocks of Southwestern Ontario in the "Articles" section of my website. I hope that you find it interesting!? DKJ
Magnetite Crystals
I am fortunate to have obtained some interesting magnetite crystals that occur in massive sulphides at this new Nickel-copper mine. They are under "Magnetite" in the main mineral listing.
Sperrylite, Broken Hammer Deposit
I've put some excellent specimens of sperrylite, from a new find at Sudbury, on my website. Look under "Sperrylite" in the main mineral list.
Michael Bainbridge Comes to Town
Michael Bainbridge, the well-known artist and accomplished mineral specimen photographer came to visit me in Newmarket, recently. I've put a little write-up about the visit in the "Recent Activities" section of my website.
Sursassite, Suolunite, Fluorapatite and Silver Islet!
I've added a number of interesting new and unusual specimens to my website. You won't find these sorts of specimens on other sites!
Ecole des Mines, Paris, France
I was fortunate to visit l'Ecole des Mines while on a trip to Europe, recently. I have put a short photo essay of the visit in the "Recent Activities" of this website. I hope that you find it interesting!
New Cobalt Specimens!
I've added many new specimens from the Cobalt Silver Mining Camp to the Website!
10,000th specimen !!
I've just put the 10,000th specimen on my website! That is a lot of specimens over the years! It is a very rich, good looking specimen of native gold in quartz from the Rivard Mine in Northwestern Ontario.
Canadian Minerals
I've added quite an assortment of Canadian Minerals to the website recently. Check out the NEW flags in the main minerals list to locate the newer specimens. Fluoborite, hematite, titanite, orthoclase, fluorapatite, berthierite-gold, etc.
Just a note to those who purchased specimens of beusite from Manitoba from me, a year or so ago. There is a silvery-micaceous mineral on some of the specimens that I thought was just muscovite or some other mica. Analyses by a staff at the Royal Ontario Museum (EDS and x-ray) indicates that the micaceous mineral is, in fact, metaswitzerite. FYI. DKJ
Proustite, Pearceite, Uchucchacua Mine
I've added some really nice silver sulphosalt specimens from the Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Peru to this website. Proustite, pearceite and acanthite ps argentite. As well, there are some interesting silver leaf-encrusted with bornite pieces from the Strathcona Mine near Sudbury, Ontario.
Altaite, Sursassite, Old Silvers
I've put some amazingly rich altaite specimens from Mattagami Lake Mine on the site as well as some unusual surassite specimens. Look under those minerals in the main Mineral Listing. As well, I've put a few more oldy-rich (from the 10's and 20's) silver specimens from Cobalt, Ontario on my website.
Cape D'Or Copper Crystals
I've also added some exceptional specimens of native copper from Cape D'Or, Nova Scotia. Check out the article on this location in the "Articles" Section of this website.
Limestone Quarry Specimens!
I have added some beautiful specimens of Fluorite, sphalerite, galena and associated minerals from the limestone quarries just west of Toronto. Look under "Southern Ontario Limestone Quarries" in the main minerals list.
New Mont Saint-Hilaire
I've added even more very nice Mont Saint-Hilaire specimens to my website in the main Mineral Listings under "Mont Saint-Hilaire". Many very rare and well crystallized minerals!
New Article! -Copper Crystals
I've added a new article entitled "Collecting Copper Crystals at Cape D'Or, Nova Scotia" to my website. Look for it in the "Articles" section of the website.
Old Silver Specimens, Cobalt, Ontario
I have managed to locate some old silver slabs from the Cobalt Silver Mining Camp. By old, I mean that they were recvered from mining operations in the 10's, 20's, 30's, etc. Rich!
Suolunite, Lac D'Amiante, Quebec
I have loaded a page of unusual and rare suolunite specimens on this website. Look in the main Mineral Listing.
Mont Saint-Hilaire!
I've added a couple of hundred new specimens from Mont Saint-Hilaire to my website. Have a look in the main Mineral list at the pages with "NEW" flags.
Goldcorp Inc., Musselwhite Mine
There are a number of specimens from Goldcorp Inc.'s Musselwhite mine now on my website. I am very pleased that Goldcorp Inc. management have agreed to make these specimens available to collectors and institutions. Check out the unusual association of gold and garnet!
Sarabauite, Cosalite, Galenobismutite
I have obtained unusual specimens of sarabauite from the type locality and they are now available on this website. As well, there are a number of specimens of cosalite with galenobismutite and gold from the Mondoux claim. Collected in 1918 or so! Hard to come by, these days.
Imiter Mine Specimens
I have been fortunate to be able to obtain some really nice Imiter mine specimens, including proustite, imiterite, xanthoconite and acanthite ps argentite. Look under "Imiter" in the main Minerals listing.
Tellurium and Iron
I've added some rich specimens of Siberian native iron (terrestrial) and native tellurium from Moctezuma to my website. In the main Minerals listing.
Crystallized Gold Specimens!
I've added a couple of pages of specimens of very beautiful and interesting crystallized gold at reasonable prices. The Olinghouse Mine is a modern "classic" locality for crystallized gold.
Kongsberg! -Recent Activities
Check out the images that I've posted from a trip that I took many years ago to the museum in Kongsberg, Norway. Amazing silver specimens! Look in "Recent Activities".
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Jeffrey Mine!
I've just returned from Quebec with some very nice specimens From Mont Saint-Hilaire, including serandite, carletonite, catapleiite, tuperssuatsiaite, taniolite, leifite, plus green demantoid-andradite garnets Jeffrey Mine. Look in the main Mineral Listing of this website for those two localities.
Yukon Phosphate Minerals !
I've added excellent specimens of gormanite, kulanite and a few other phosphate minerals from the famous Rapid Creek area of the Yukon Territory.
Sulphides and Associated Minerals.
I've added very nice sulphide and associated minerals from Bulgaria, Romania and the Nanisivik Mine of northern Canada. Have a look under each of those headings!
Mont Saint-Hilaire!!!
Lots of new and rare Mont Saint-Hilaire specimens have been added to my site. Check out the "NEW" flags in the main "Minerals" list and the "Microminerals" listings.
More Rivard Property Gold Specimens
I've added a bunch more nice Rivard Property gold-in-quartz specimens to the website. Have a look!
Zircons and Many Other Minerals
I have added a couple of pages of zircon crystal specimens from a number of Grenville Geological province localities, and notably Kuehl Lake. Look under "Zircon". As well, there are many other specimens added to the website. Look in the categories marked "New".
Gold -Rivard Property and Red Lake Mine
I have been fortunate to obtain some very nice looking and interesting gold in quartz specimens from a small mining operation near Red Lake, Ontario. Check out Gold from the Rivard Property. As well, I've added the last specimens that I have from my Red Lake Mine hoard. This is it!
Latest Cobalt Area Silver and Minerals!
As mentioned earlier, I recently visited the Cobalt area and collected or bought many new and interesting specimens of the unique minerals from that area. Look under Cobalt in the main mineral list.
Cobalt Visit, October, 2010
I recently paid a visit to the Cobalt area to do some collecting and buying. Check out the "Recent Activities" section of this website to see and read an account of the trip.
Recently, I visited the Yukon Territory. What a beautiful place. Interesting mineralogically, as well. Please look in the main "Minerals" listing for yukonite, copper nuggets, scheelite nuggets (!) and very nice valleriite. All rare and unusual. As well, I have put a photo essay of my trip to the Whitehorse Yukon area in the "Recent Activities" section of the website. I hope that you enjoy it.
Mont Saint-Hilaire!!!
I've loaded many new rare and interesting specimens from Mont Saint-Hilaire onto the website both in the main Mineral List and the Micromineral section. Look for the "NEW" flags!
Spencerite, Dawsonite (from the type localities) and lots of unique Canadian and International specimens added.
I've added a number of new specimens to this website. Have a look under the "NEW" flags!
Botryogen and Beusite added
Here are a couple of minerals that you don't see available very often!
Nova Scotian Minerals -NOT Zeolites!
I've added some very interesting minerals from Nova Scotia to the website. Excellent copper, manganite and hematite specimens. Not ALL minerals from Nova Scotia are zeolites!
Gold and Jeffrey Mine
I've put some new specimens of high grade gold from the Croesus and McIntyre Mines on the website. As well, there are some nice, new Jeffrey Mine vesuvianite specimens, as well.
New Sulphides, Sulphosalts
There are lots of new sulphides, sulphosalts, tellurides, arsenides, etc. Look for the "NEW" flags!
Gustavite, Heazlewoodite, Collinsite
I've added some very nice specimens of some fairly rare minerals to my website, some from type localities. Check them out in the main mineral listing!
Nova Scotia Zeolites and Tanco Mine Titanowodginite
I've added loads of new zeolites from Nova Scotia to my website, especially stilbite, chabazite, gmelinite heulandite and a few others. Crystallized copper, too! As well, I've prepared some excellent new titanowodginite specimens from the type locality. Look in the "Tanco Mine" section of the website.
Cobalt Area Silver and Minerals!
I've added some excellent new minerals and high-grade silver from the Cobalt area to my website. Not just silver but rammelsbergite, breithauptite, nickeline, loellingite, pyrargyrite, etc. Look in the main Mineral List for the new flags under "Cobalt".
Unusual Minerals!
I've added some odd ones to the website: brewsterite, Yellow Lake, BC, fluorite, Montrose Road Rock Dump and calcite, goethite and manganite rom Atikokan. Look for the "NEW" flags. There is also a write-up on a nice collecting trip I did to Waterloo Mine and Yellow Lake, in British Columbia, last summer(2009). Look under "Recent Activities" for it.
Unusual Ores and Minerals
I've added some pretty unusual items to the website in both the "Rocks and Ores" section and the main "Mineral List": Stibarsen, Engineer Mine; Ores from Keno Hill; Ores from Venus Mine; lots of other unusual items. Browse a little! Look for the "NEW" flags on each section.
Attractive Minerals!
I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder but it is just NOT like me to offer such a colourful assortment! Colourful vanadinite, vesuvianite, cinnabar have been added to the website along with some less-colourful danburite and large spinel crystals.
New Minerals!
I've added some very good specimens of Brazilian montebrasite, Itauz Mine copper, Siberian native iron and Moroccan nepheline and schorlomite. Look for the "NEW" signs in the main Mineral List.
Maucherite, Chrysotile
I've added some maucherite/nickeline specimens to the website. These are old specimens collected back in 1913! As well, some nice specimens of the chrysotile variety of serpentine have been added under the "Rocks and Ores" section of my website.
Corundum, Logan Cuts
I attended a field trip fo the Walker Mineralogical Club last summer at the Logan Cuts, an old, overgrown corundum mine. Look under "Recent Activities" for a little slide show on this trip.
Sperrylite, Vermillion Mine
There are some nice, new sperrylite specimens on the website under Sperrylite in the main mineral list. There were also some nice arsenohauchecornite specimens and kimberlite specimens but they have all been sold.
Native Arsenic
I was fortunate to come across an old cache of native arsenic from the locality at Port Alberni, British Columbia. Much of it is botryoidal and some massive. Look under the "Arsenic" pages.
Minerals from the Grenville
I've added many new mineral specimens from the Grenville Geological Province to my website. Some of the minerals include uranophane, tourmaline, betafite, titanite, corundum, apatite, orthoclase, etc. Check the "Grenville" pages.
New Golds!
I've posted some exceptional crystallized gold nuggets from the Gold Run Mine, Atlin, British Columbia on my website. Beautiful! As well, there are some unusual gold specimens from Red Lake Mine, Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine, Sigma Mine and others.
Mont Saint-Hilaire!!!
I've placed many new MSH specimens on my website including rarities such as tsepinite, cancrisilite, ussingite, mckelveyite, lintisite, leifite, epididymite, eudidymite, etc. Look under the main Mineral Listings as well as the Micromineral Listings for the "new" flags.
I've added some very nice zeolite minerals from the Bay of Fundy area of Nova Scotia to my website. There are some very nice specimens of analcime, heulandite, thomsonite, chabazite, stilbite, etc.
Cobalt!! -New specimens
I have been able to acquire some excellent new minerals from the Cobalt Mining Camp, including both silver and some of the more unusual minerals. Under "Cobalt".
Jeffrey Mine and Limestone Quarries
Some very nice specimens of vesuvianite and grossular added to my website. As well, some excellent specimens of fluorite and sphalerite from the Flamboro and Lafarge Quarries in southern Ontario.
New Minerals!
Lots of new specimens on my website: Gold specimens from the Olinghouse and Red Lake Mines, Native Iron from Greenland, other elements, unusual specimens from the Newfoundland Zinc Mine.
New Prehnite and Pectolite, Jeffrey Mine and Unusual Rocks Ores
I am fortunate to have accessed an old cache of prehnite and pectolite from the famous Jeffrey Mine. As well, I have re-activated the "Rocks and Ores" section of my website. Lots of unusual items from mines and locations around the world.
New Wulfenite, Carrollite, Copper
I have acquired some of the very nice wulfenite/mimetite specimens from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico. Gorgeous specimens! As well, There are also some new, museum quality carrollite specimens from the Kamoya Mine. Kazakhstan coppers, as well! These are all in the main Mineral List of this website.
Cobalt Camp Silver Specimens!
I've added some nice new silver, including wire, and associated mineral specimens from the famous Cobalt Camp. Look under "Cobalt" for all.
New Search Engine added
Hopefully, you find this website relatively easy to navigate. To assist you even more in finding exactly the mineral or the locality that you are interested in quickly, I have added a simple seach engine to the website. Simply enter the mineral OR locality that you want to seach for and all entries concerning the words that you entered will show up in the results. I hope that this helps you!
Paul Lortie Collection
I am privileged to be able to offer you specimens from the Paul Lortie collection, rich in sulphides, sulphosalts, elements and rare minerals. Look under the "new" flags for those specimens.
Minerals from the Grenville!
I have, recently, added a number of nice specimens from the Grenville Geological Province including titanite, apatite, zircon, etc.
The Lost Mine
The Lost Mine has been found! Have a look in my "Recent Activities" section to see in-situ mineralization and calcite vein-dyke collecting pictures.
Platinum, and other Treasures
The Platinum Crystal page of my website is now populated with some excellent crystals of Russian platinum, some gold-coated. Look under the "Treasures, Odds and Sods" page for other assorted well-crystallized specimens and check out the other "NEW" flags on my website.
Lots of new gold specimens in the main Mineral List of the website!
Copper Collecting at Mamainse Point, Ontario
I've put a new article about collecting copper crystals on the Canadian side of Lake Superior. It is in the "Mineralogical Pot Pourri" section of my website. I hope that you enjoy it.
Silver, Manganite and Sulphides
There are some great new silver specimens from the Cobalt Mining Camp, manganite crystal specimens from Atikokan and various sulphides and sulphosalts from many famous localities of the world on my website. Look for the "NEW" flags!
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Riviere Heva -Update
I've put a number of unique and rare minerals from Mont Saint-Hilaire on the website. As well, I've added some excellent molybdenite specimens from Riviere Heva, Quebec. Check them out!
Cubanite Article
Cubanite? We have lots in Canada! Have a look at the new article in the "Mineralogical Pot Pourri" section of my website.
Yukon Phosphates Added !
I have added a lot of specimens from the Famous Rapid Creek phospate area, Yukon Territory, to my website. Check out satterlyite, rapidcreekite, wicksite, collinsite and more under "Yukon Phosphates" in the main Mineral List.
Rapid Creek Whitlockite is actually Bobdownsite !
I have learned that the "whitlockite" that comes from the Rapid Creek Phosphate locality is actually bobdownsite, a new minerals that is a similar but different phosphate. Bobdownsite has no fluorine but in its molecule, an OH ion substitutes for the fluorine. Have a look under Yukon Phosphates in the website.
Svanbergite and others!
There are some great new minerals on my website including svanvergite from Mount Brusiloff Mine, beautiful orange chabazite from Nova Scotia, calcite ps after ikaite from the Arctic, lustrous pyrite from Inuvik and very nice calcite specimens from the Pine Point Mine.
New Minerals from the Grenville !
I have added some great minerals from the Grenville Geological Province. Large crystals of Fergusonite, Euxenite, Barite/Fluorite from Madoc, Titanite, etc. Many classic minerals and locations!


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hot3288 - Thursday, August 01, 2013 - linkIt's also available for preorder at Amazon and Gamestop. Amazon has the transcovers/persona covers preorders as well. Reply
metamoxie - Thursday, August 01, 2013 - linkB&H has some of the covers with free shipping. Reply
user777 - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkMemo Pad 10 FHD is also available on Amazon.de - the specifications are on the Asus(.)com site (1920 x 1200 display, 10 hours of battery life, 2GB RAM, 32 GB flash drive, Intel® Atom™ Z2560 Dual-Core, 1.6 GHz, 264.6 x 182.4 x 9.5 mm, 580g, MicroSD Card Reader, Micro HDMI, 5 MP Rear Camera, 1.2 MP Front Camera, GPS, Miracast, ).
The price is better than Samsung Nexus 10. Reply
Wolfpup - Thursday, August 01, 2013 - linkYeah, actually not bad hardware for the price...I assume A7's aren't too horrible. But yep, for just a tiny bit more you go from A7, skip A9, to the A9+ Krait, right?
Still, people could do a lot worse, particularly if this ends up running stock Android and not a gooped up version. Reply
JeffFlanagan - Thursday, August 01, 2013 - linkEven when not on a strict budget, low-cost tablets like this one have uses as limited-purpose devices that we don't want to spend as much on. Some examples are a Pandora player in the bathroom, or a Music Player / OBDII instrument panel in the car. Reply
Bob Todd - Thursday, August 01, 2013 - linkOr cheap movie player to keep the toddler(s) entertained in the car. That's my one use case where I really want expandable storage, slow SDHC/SDXC is fine since I don't change the content often. Reply
Aenean144 - Thursday, August 01, 2013 - linkWell, the performance of tablet hardware and software is rapidly approaching the point where it meets the needs of the vast mass of consumers in the market.
A 1+ GHz quad-core Cortex-A7, a SGX544MP1, and 1 GB RAM is pretty darn close to this point. Not great for gamers, but most people? Pretty close. If Android was better optimized or better architected, it's basically there.
A 7" display basically limits it as professional tool except for limited cases though. Reply
hughlle - Thursday, August 01, 2013 - linkI completely agree, although in my case, i will be getting the new nexus 7. I love my nexus 10 when camping, great music and film device, but i loath having to cart it around for my GPS (i refuse to update my smartphone, i useit for texts, that's all i want it for) and as such, a cheap tablet like this would be great, but figure instead of buying this, and the external battery pack i was looking at, i an just spend the extra on the nexus 7, and have a good backup film and music box, as well as a good car and city gps. If i already had the external battery, i would certianly be looking at this. although it is a toss up, the old nexus 7 can be had for about £100 second hand these days, and not much more for a new one. John Lewis recently offered my dad one for £130 (3g version) Reply
yuanshec - Thursday, August 01, 2013 - linkWith current Nexus 7's price, I actually see no reason to opt to lower price models.
Screen or SOC itself are worth the upgrade. Reply
GeekyPete - Friday, August 16, 2013 - linkI've heard the battery drain on the new nexus 7 is shocking... Reply
cripesy - Monday, August 05, 2013 - linkThese look like a good bet at this price point. It might be a slightly more sluggish than last years' Nexus 7, but the addition of an SD card compensates for that. The other attractive alternative is the HiSense Sero Pro, but the memo pad appears to have better battery life. Also, check out the battery life comparison of MemoPad HD 7 vs Original Nexus 7 under load: 5 vs 2 hours !! (My own experience with the Nexus 7 bears this out -- as soon as you put the thing under strain, it wilts) Reply
cripesy - Monday, August 05, 2013 - linkWhoops -- forgot to add the link to NotebookCheck for the battery life comp:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Google-Nexus-7... Reply
NXTreme - Monday, August 05, 2013 - linkAny word on Canadian release outlets? Reply
Regulus - Thursday, August 08, 2013 - linkThe western Canada chain Visions.ca is taking Pre-Orders online for the 16GB model at $159.99 with free shipping. Reply
gino76ph - Sunday, August 11, 2013 - linkHad an old Nexus 7. Amazing hardware specs, general OS & gaming performance and latest Android. It had two main problems: First, the washed-out screen (as if there is a very thin grey mist hovering over) with weak and bland colours/contrast/sharpness and weak blacks. Secondly, the single mono speakers at the back which even when doors closed and a quiet weekend it still doesn't measure up to the Galaxy tabs, iPad minis and the Kindle Fire HDs. Does the Memo pad HD7 improve on those issues? Or is it more same old-same old? Please advice. Reply
deepakv - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkJust received this tablet yesterday. Purchased it for kids from Very.co.uk, (£133 with shipping). Excellent features for the price paid. Screen resolution is fine when watching movies but not excellent, Overall performace is very good. Very responsive tablet. Camera looks ok. Not tried outdoors. With this price range and near to nexus features, its acceptable.
Only problem with the position and size of volume rocker and on off button, Difficult to adjust volume when watching movies without turning the tablet, accidently switched off the tablet when tried to increase the volume. Same problem could be with Nexus also.
My friend purchased lenovo 7 inch tablet last week for £120. Asus is way ahead of it with just £10 more. If you want really better screen go for new nexus,
For me with around 50% price with near nexus features and additional memory increase capability, its a DEAL. Reply
GeekyPete - Friday, August 16, 2013 - linkGreat review. Please can you tell me if it runs real racing 3 without a problem? Also how can you get HDMI out to a TV ? I was gonna get the New Nexus 7 but for £80 - £120 less I cant see why I wouldnt buy this 'slightly' inferior tablet? Reply
GeekyPete - Friday, August 16, 2013 - linkWould you say this cnet review is fair? http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/asus-memo-pad-hd/4...
Seems very harsh from what i've read on here!! Reply


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Nope. I had to turn it off this morning manually when I woke up.
I dont know why people are making such a big deal out of this... I've never used DND and personally i think that it is useless... If i dont want to be disturbed i just put my phone on silent...
Yep its fixed for me, just have to restart the phone.
iPhone 5 has been working fine. iPad 3 has dnd stuck on all day. Weird.
I was lucky. It only happened to me on new years day. I had to turn it off my self but from there it never happened again.
It's not so much the having to turn DND on and off manually, I've been suspecting that it's been staying on even when it says it's off, there will be oddball times where I won't get either an audible or vibrated notification that something has come in on my phone. Does anyone know why this will magically fix itself by tomorrow?
Wow! So you don't see a use for DnD so no one should?
What stunning arrogance.
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Jesse Ryder had a ball and then battered India into submission as the BLACKCAPS cult hero engineered an eight-wicket win in the one-day series finale at Eden Park.
Not content with recording career-best figures as India capitulated for the first time on tour, Ryder then ensured Brendon McCullum's early demise was irrevelant as he laid into an increasingly-tetchy Indian bowling attack.
Ryder's whirlwind 63 from 48 balls and another classy cameo from new test opener Martin Guptill -- who made a smooth 57 from 50 deliveries -- ensured New Zealand made quick work of overhauling India's meager 149.
The consolation victory, achieved with a massive 118 balls to spare, ends a run of five ODI defeats for New Zealand and represents the first time in seven attempts this summer they have bowled India out.
For the first time since beating Australia on February 6 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, it was New Zealand's day.
Despite the series having already been settled when India took a 3-0 lead in Hamilton, New Zealand at least claim some winning momentum heading into the three test series.
Ryder, who followed his maiden ODI ton at Seddon Park with a 38-ball half century, also indulged in an interesting psychological battle with fiery left arm quick Ishant Sharma as the Indian's unravelled in the field.
Ishant took exception to some heavy-handed treatment, a verbal altercation followed and after the umpires intervened Ryder made his point with a broad bat.
He reached his second ODI half century by thudding an Ishant half volley into the construction site at mid-wicket -- his fourth and final six.
Ishant, who took an expensive one for 63 from 7.2 overs, had some satisfaction when Ryder chopped on to his stumps.
Hostilities will resume at Seddon Park on Wednesday.
As New Zealand romped home India's team were unrecognisable from the side who wrapped up the series so emphatically in game four.
New Zealand's attack took only 12 Indian wickets in the previous four matches yet snared all 10 in 36.3 overs under overcast skies today -- although two were the product of suicidal running.
Ryder made his first contribution with the ball, taking a career-best three for 29 while Jacob Oram finally stirred with two for 22 -- including the crucial wicket of Virender Sehwag.
Oram, who demoted himself from the test squad in order to revive his game at provincial level last week, had a series analysis of none from 125 before he replaced Iain O'Brien after his fourth over cost 20 as Sehwag hinted at launching another demoralising display of power hitting.
But for once Sehwag's plunder was confined to a trio of boundaries and sixes.
Dropped at slip by Ross Taylor when on 34, Sehwag looked in a mood to make New Zealand pay but he top edged an attempted swish as he advanced down the pitch, the ball carrying to mid-on where Scott Styris marked his ODI cameo with a crucial diving catch.
Oram had already removed the dangerous and homeward-bound Suresh Raina in his first over for eight, although it was Sehwag's exit that gave New Zealand an overdue spring in the step.
Once their talisman trudged off in the 12th over for 40 from 27 deliveries, the Indian innings lurched into a tailspin.
Only 11 runs were cribbed from the four-over bowling power play and once Oram and Ryder tightened the screws the run-rate all but evaporated.
Rohit Sharma was the only other Indian to clear the ropes -- his six in the 20th over broke a run of 12 overs without a boundary.
He ended stranded on 43 from 74 balls at the premature close -- one of only three batsmen to make double figures.
After Oram's two-wicket burst, Ryder applied the clamps when edging out Yuvraj Singh for 11 and he then castled Mahendra Singh Dhoni for nine and Yusuf Pathan for a duck in the same over to have the Indian's reeling at 111 for six -- a predicament the young Sharma could not extricate them from.
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Saint Leo junior Chris Canene has been recognized as the Sunshine State Conference Men's Swimmer of the Week for the period ending December 4.
Canene (Naperville, Ill.) factored in five new program records as the Lions competed at the SCAD Invitational. Canene clocked a time of 56.78 in the 100-yard breaststroke, setting a new school mark while achieving an NCAA "B" standard time. His time was the fastest mark turned in by an SSC swimmer in the 100 breaststroke so far this season.
He replicated his success in the 200-yard breaststroke, notching a first-place time of 2:04.67 en route to a school record, "B" standard time, and the fastest mark in the conference to date. Canene also had a hand in three school relay records. Finishing second in the 200-yard freestyle relay, the Lions posted a time of 1:26.04. They finished third in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:27.49. The squad also clocked a time of 6:55.01, fastest in the SSC, to finish third in the 800-yard freestyle relay.
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The Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre celebrated its 45th anniversary on Saturday. I just… I can't… We can't talk about Michael Pena. So let's focus instead on John Travolta who was there with Kelly Preston, because they're always there, because when they're not there he ends up, well, you know, getting a massage. Full Story
The Growth in Cannes and This Hot Bitch
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The Original JT and Kelly Preston are in Cannes. Tonight they showed up at AMFAR. That Growth on his chin came too. It even presented on stage. At some point you have to think that she approves of it, non? She has to. Because if it were me, I'd be Squawking Chickening that sh-t off of my husband's face. Full Story
Is it off-centre?
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John Travolta's chin growth was at the IIFA Awards in Tampa, Florida this weekend. Hands on hips. Few men pose with their hands on their hips. It's a strictly female pose move. And the man DOUBLE hands on hips is even more rare. So good on JT for make this gender neutral. Now about this thing on his chin… Are my eyes just bugging or does it appear to be off-centre? Note where the dimple is. Full Story
Let's check in with the Travoltas
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John Travolta and Kelly Preston were at the Silver Springs International Film Festival last night in Ocala, Florida. How close is that to Clearwater, Florida, the big base of Scientology? Too lazy to google. Also I'm too busy being revolted by that goddamn thing on his chin. How much longer will we have to live with it? How much longer will SHE have to live with it? You know those rumours about him and the gender of massage therapists he prefers? Kinda not hard to believe when you look at that growth. Full Story
John Travolta: Worst Oscar Hair
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So he butchered Idina Menzel's name. He f-cked that sh-t up so bad that within minutes there was a Twitter account for @AdeleDazim. I am still laughing about this. But it might be a little mean. Actually, laughing about people having trouble reading is totally mean. Full Story
Jada Pinkett Smith: Worst Oscar pink
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There was some pink at the Oscars…and all of it was sh-t, but the worst of the sh-t was Jada Pinkett Smith. It's Versace. I feel like we've seen it before. Or maybe it's because it looks like what Sofia Vergara wears over and over and over again. I hate it. I hate the colour, I hate the material, and I especially hate the way the sweep over the shoulder goes all the way down her back. Full Story
Xenu's mega church
This happened the other day in Clearwater, Florida. Xenu opened a big ass church. Thousands of people showed up for the dedication of the $145 million development project, including the 377,000 square-foot Flag Building, the tallest in the city…including Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and Kelly Preston. Full Story
JT loves his hair
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The original JT. Because in this business, Justin Timberlake can't be the only one with those initials. Before he sang and danced, there was John Travolta who sang and danced. And now John Travolta is on the set of his new movie The Forger in Boston working a new head of thick hair. It's streaked with grey, sure, but look at those waves, look at that texture. Full Story
John Travolta's Beach Closet
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This is the caption that was attached to these photos: John Travolta poses next to the beach closet dedicated to him during a photocall on the Promenade des Planches during the 39th Deauville American film festival on September 6, 2013 in Deauville, France. (Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images) Word for word. Full Story
Michael Pena loves Xenu?
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Xenu had a birthday party the other day. It was the 44th anniversary of the Celebrity Scientology Centre and most of the notables who haven't been excommunicated where there including the usuals – John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Jenna Elfman, and …Michael Pena? Where the f-ck have I been? I love Michael Pena! Michael Pena loves Xenu? Michael Pena is in End Of Watch, one of my Top 10 movies of 2012 Full Story
Captain JT
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Five States Submit 4th Draft of Lesser Prairie-Chicken Conservation Plan as Alternative to Federal Endangered Species Act Listing
Bird Populations Impacted By Drought Should Respond To Coordinated Approach
Phoenix, AZ – The 4th draft of a comprehensive conservation plan for the lesser prairie-chicken has been submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for endorsement, a plan offered by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) and state wildlife agencies in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. This latest version comes after extensive review and comment by stakeholders across the bird's five-state range. Once the USFWS endorses the plan, the states can begin implementing it, in hope of precluding the need to list the species under the federal Endangered Species Act.
The lesser prairie-chicken is an iconic grassland grouse species native to parts of all five states. However, long-term population declines have brought state and federal agencies together in an attempt to better manage lesser prairie-chickens and their habitats. The resulting precedent-setting plan identifies population and habitat objectives based upon the needs of the species, not state boundaries.
"For years, biologists have well-known that wildlife do not recognize state lines, which has presented management challenges for wildlife agencies," says Bill Van Pelt, WAFWA Grassland Initiative Coordinator. "Often, population goals are set based on administrative boundaries. This plan not only sets biologically meaningful population objectives, it also allows for resources to be spent anywhere within the same habitat type, regardless of the state. This should give state wildlife agencies maximum management flexibility and, ideally, preclude the need to list it."
The submittal of the range-wide plan comes at the same time the second annual statistically-valid, range-wide population estimate for the lesser prairie-chicken is being released. Analysis of the 2013 range-wide survey revealed population estimates of 17,616, down from the 34,440 birds estimated the previous year. This population decrease was predicted by biologists because of the persistent drought that has plagued the region in recent years.
Lesser prairie-chicken populations have fluctuated historically due to weather and habitat conditions. In fact, populations were so low during the droughts in the 1930s and 1950s biologists feared the species was almost extinct. However, when the rains returned, the populations rebounded.
WAFWA's Grassland Initiative collaborated with the Lesser Prairie-chicken Interstate Working Group, which is composed of biologists from state fish and wildlife departments within the range of the species, the Bureau of Land Management, and Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. to conduct a large-scale, helicopter-based survey of lesser prairie-chicken leks across all five states. Leks are sites where the birds congregate every spring for breeding. These surveys occurred from March-May and encompassed more than 300,000 square miles.
The 2013 survey was funded by the five state fish and wildlife agencies and WAFWA with support from various partners, including oil and gas companies that support lesser prairie-chicken conservation, the Bureau of Land Management and a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Although drought has significant impacts on game bird populations, biologists are heartened by the fact that the lesser prairie-chicken has historically shown significant resiliency to periodic climatic events. When the birds were first proposed for listing in the 1990s, the region was experiencing a severe drought. In many areas, bird populations declined by more than 60 percent, but recovered to prior levels with a return to wetter years later in that decade.
The range-wide conservation plan will help increase and enhance critical lesser prairie-chicken habitat through partnerships with landowners that will incentivize beneficial land management practices. The plan has benefitted from extensive public review and stakeholder input, including more than 70 public meetings throughout the five states in addition to online review and comment. This includes specific meetings and outreach for wind energy, oil and gas and agricultural interests.
"We don't want to see the lesser prairie-chicken designated as a federally threatened or endangered species, however in the event it is listed, we want to have a plan in place to recover the bird and get it off the list as soon as possible," said Bill Van Pelt, WAFWA grassland coordinator.
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So, my first attempt at live coding failed. It turned out it wasn't the code – it was a silly thing I forgot to do in FlexBuilder in the heat of the moment! I wanted to show how trivial it was to write a dynamically loadable module that used bidirectional communication between the loader and loadee, so I prepared a WidgetShell (like a dumb portal) that would read an XML file containing a list of Widget SWFs to load.
Basically, FB doesn't present a way for you to create a new ActionScript project where the main class extends a particular base class or implements an interface. You have to hand-add that. However, if you add a class, you get prompted and it will codegen the interface methods for you. Very handy when you're on stage and can't remember all the methods you need to implement for that module project.
So the trick I discovered was that you can delete the autogenerated class, and add it back at your leisure. For my preso, I left the (empty) project stub in place (which mostly just contained overrides of the src and bin directories) and planned to add the live-coded widget implementation.
I totally forgot that you then need to mark that new class as the executable application for the project! D'oh! It never even compiled my widget!
Oh well. Perhaps my 4:30 Thursday preso will be a bit more coherent and less coffee-addled. 🙂
Stay tuned, I'll be posting my demo code as a zip in the next day or so. The copy of the preso in the library doesn't have the best notes in it, so I'll post that as well.