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Monday, November 25, 2013

Stantec donates hard hats to Museum

The Earth Sciences Museum would like to give a big Thank You to Stantec's Kitchener Office for donating 30 brand new hard hats for our Cobalt Discovery Mine Tunnel!

A winner for the 2013 UW Gem & Mineral Show door prize was picked after the show. The fabulous picture sandstone slab was won by Chi Shui and her family. Congratulations! 

Chen Chi and her family with the picture sandstone

From left to right: Mrs. Chi Shui and her daughter, Professor David Jao holding the sandstone

Friday, August 30, 2013

More to be added to Rock Garden!

Once again Barry Warner has been on a quest to bring specimens from all across Canada back to the Peter Russell Rock Garden. This time his travels have brought him all the way to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, where he, with the help of University of Waterloo alumnus Robin Wyllie, has found three new specimens that will be added to the rock garden sometime in the future.