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Geo Mine Tour: "Wonders of the South" Tour. Adventures for the gem & mineral lover, student, professional or dealer. Fun, educational and professional. Discover, explore and shop.
A Travel Blog by uly4
... Do Sul. Massive mountains of basalt store Amethyst and Citrine geodes in its interior. Other treasures you will see are agates, amethyst flower, selenites and calcites. Geo Tour will take you to see and touch those amazing amethyst and citrine geodes in ...
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Visit to active amethyst underground mine & museum
A Travel Blog entry by uly4 from Ametista do Sul, Brazil
Day 5 ( May 06 - Wednesday) : Ametista do Sul: visit to the Amethyst Museum & Mine and to an active amethyst geode mine. Drive back to Soledade Amethyst flower mine in Getúlio Vargas optional. Overnight in ...
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Xmas Eve celebrations
A Travel Blog entry by amazingone from Phuket Thailand, Phuket, Thailand
Xmas Eve was a lovely evening spent with new friends ! Gary the Amethyst Residence owner, Nat and Hero (the amazing and friendlier than friendly staff/family of the establishment) and Stacey (a guy who had arrived that day from Melbourne) who was sitting ...
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Khabarovsk
A Travel Blog entry by jmsnowd from Khabarovsk, Russian Federation
... was a bit challenging but we found it after about 30 minutes. We are staying at the Hotel Amethyst which is considered a boutique hotel. Its not a Philip Starke but very cute and homey. Our room is large ...
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A Miner's Dream
A Travel Blog entry by darkstar from Mapatizya, Zambia
... of Africa, mining is a viable and often lucrative business in Zambia. But unlike some countries, Zambia's minerals are modest; copper, amethyst and other semi-precious stones, instead of the oil, gold or diamond wealth of other nations. So much the ...
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Sault Ste Marie and the road around Lake Superior
A Travel Blog entry by daslink from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
... produces 40% useable amethyst by volume. The north shore of Lake Superior is among the largest deposits of Ontario's official gemstone. Amethyst is a coloured crystalline variety of the silica mineral quartz ( Si02) and can often be found in a purple or ...
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The Mine
A Travel Blog entry by n_case_w from Mapatizya, Zambia
... required to start operations. However, the property right beside JACE's, owned by the company Kariba Minerals Ltd., has been mining amethyst continuously for the last forty years. Funnily enough, my dad is a trustee board member for Kariba Minerals; but, ...
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A day of "seeing"
A Travel Blog entry by kann2010 from Nipigon, Ontario, Canada
... that point---- they have no idea.... We continued on to Q’s most anticipate stop on our whole trip: an amethyst mine. Q’s thoughts: Today after the Fort we drove up to an amethyst mine. There were amethyst rocks everywhere and ...
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No. We did NOT see the Sleeping Giant.
A Travel Blog entry by skyisblu from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
... lying down. Everyone asks if you have seen the Sleeping Giant. Well, we didn't see it. Another road sign points us towards the amethyst mines in Panorama, which sounds curious, so we give in and take a little side trip. We are given a tour by a funny ...
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Thank you good people of Frederico Westphalen
A Travel Blog entry by jennykelly from Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
... the bus 26 kilometers out to Amethyst Do Sul again, to photograph the church of St Gabrielle, which is completely lined with amethyst inside. The font is a solid amethyst as are the candle holders and alter. From the outside it's quite a plain church, ...
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Amethist Experience
A Travel Blog entry by jennykelly from Frederico Westphalen Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Our visit to the Amethist mine - Ametista Parque Amethyst Heaven Des and I booked a trip to Ametista Parque with the local bus company at 10am on Saturday the 14th November for a 1 hour trip. All ticketing is done by hand…with a pen and ...
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Hello from kenora the forest capital of ...
A Travel Blog entry by bradleyt from Kenora, Ontario, Canada
... displayed what kind of thrifty shopper she can be. After I had walked through the rock fields and selected a fine example of amethyst to purchase (1.5 pound rock for $3) she went out into the parking lot and found a great chunk of almost pure crystal ...
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Dear Santa, can I have a Snowmobile for Christmas?
A Travel Blog entry by ellenwillow from Luosto, Lapponia, Finland
... , so it was like having a personal guide. We were greeted with hot berry juice at the mine as the history & legends of the Amethyst were explained. This mine is the only one in Europe & they are keeping it sustainable. All the stones are used in ...
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The Tonquin Valley
A Travel Blog entry by nancydeb from Jasper, Alberta, Canada
... are numerous campgrounds in the area, but we decided to stop at Maccarib, 19 km up the valley and about one kilometre before Amethyst Lake. This worked out pretty well for us, as when we emerged the following morning from our tent, our only company in ...
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