An amethyst geode from Brazil, in the collection of Roger and Rita Smirle of North Bay, was one of the many eye-catching displays at the Gem and Mineral Show at Northern College in Haileybury Saturday, April 22. Maxime Brazeau, 7, (left) and his brother Marshall, 9, were among close to 1,000 people who were interested in this and all the other treasures to view or possibly purchase. (LJI photo by Darlene Wroe)