Margaret Wilson
Margaret Wilson
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Canada
Long time mineral collector Reiner Mielke and his wife Maggie Wilson have been with e-rocks since 2008. They are species collectors with an emphasis on Canadian minerals, especially those from Cobalt, Ontario.
Latest Blog Posts
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12 Nov, 2017Reiner and I retired to Cobalt, Ontario, Canada a little over a year ago. When we aren't out exploring the old mine sites in and around the area, we devote our time in support of the Cobalt Historical Society. The group...
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13 Jan, 2017Saturday morning, September 2014, we were up bright and early and on the road to Fernleigh, Ontario. Unless you are a mineral collector, you likely will not have heard of the it. We were looking for a kyanite and staurolite...
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22 Dec, 2016I found this petrified “hamburger” among the landscaping cobbles at my old house. It is a water-worn limestone rock that has a layer of fossilized creatures. We keep it on display in a McDonald’s container and bring it out...
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01 Dec, 2016Searching for radioactive minerals is a piece of cake compared to metal detecting. If you get a signal, you’ve got a target. None of this business of uncovering nails or shotgun casings, or the end of your steel-toed boot....