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Alex Perron reads rocks the way most people read books

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Alex Perron reads rocks the way most people read books

Date10/28/1991

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Perron, Alex (subject)

Stawicki, Andrew (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Alex Perron reads rocks the way most people read books. 'I've had courses in geology but I've never been to university, he says. being a geologist makes you too narrow! Prospectors, like himself, he says, find gold where it's not supposed to be.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0073191F

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