Before a pocket fills
Name the ground. Claim, park, reserve, and private land. An acknowledgement of Syilx territory is not a permit.
Community ยท education
Rockhounding shelf
South Okanagan and Similkameen. Learning only. The shop is the till.
On the bar
Photograph the stone in place, with a coin or ruler, before it is cleaned. Write the number before it goes in the bag.
The second look
Color is not the name. If gold and pyrite disagree under the test, do not name it.
What travels
Number, material, public place, date, collector. A blank line is not a fact.