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Beach rockhounding on Vancouver Island

by Stewart Burnett • July 11, 2014 • 0 Comments

Today I rock hounded at a stretch of beach just off the highway between Nanaimo and Parksville on Vancouver Island.

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Kayak-hounding Dallasite and Flowerstone

by Stewart Burnett • July 10, 2014 • 0 Comments

Vancouver Island is burning hot right now and my girlfriend and I decided to cool off by going kayaking at our favourite beach with her dogs.

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Dallasite: An eye-opening jasper

by Stewart Burnett • June 12, 2014 • 0 Comments

I didn’t much believe the whole crystal and gems and minerals having magical effects thing. I just thought minerals looked cool. But Dallasite changed me.

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