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Post by spiritstone on Dec 8, 2019 13:27:05 GMT -5
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Post by RocksInNJ on Dec 8, 2019 13:32:39 GMT -5
Beautiful, looks like a fun trip.
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Post by spiritstone on Dec 8, 2019 13:42:03 GMT -5
Beautiful, looks like a fun trip. It was fun to say the least. Was cut short because we happened by accident to walk into a batch of stinging nettle. Lmao
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Post by knave on Dec 15, 2019 10:17:23 GMT -5
Wow, too bad about the nettle. Beautiful location. Nice to see amethyst and citrine in the wild.
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Post by adrian65 on Dec 15, 2019 10:23:29 GMT -5
Very nice and interesting to see how amethyst is found in nature.
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Dec 15, 2019 10:36:39 GMT -5
Does look like a fun trip. Hope the return trip is fruitful.
I winced when I read the bit about the nettles. Grew up in the mountains of VA, and we had those. Luckily, we also had a remedy that was always growing close by. From the photo of the area you were in you might not be so lucky, but if jewelweed grows in that locality it will be your friend.
The sap from the stems really does work!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2019 11:48:20 GMT -5
Don't recall running into any stinging nettle back east (would have been nice to know about the jewelweed for poison ivy back then, though). First encounter was a few years ago at Crack in the Ground (in the eastern Oregon desert). Just enough moisture that it was hanging on. Pointed it out to kids I was with, and made the mistake of touching it in the process. Must have been brought to the area by settlers.
Nice rock finds, especially the citrine! Amethyst may be more popular, but natural citrine is more unusual.
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Dec 15, 2019 14:04:46 GMT -5
Does look like a fun trip. Hope the return trip is fruitful.
I winced when I read the bit about the nettles. Grew up in the mountains of VA, and we had those. Luckily, we also had a remedy that was always growing close by. From the photo of the area you were in you might not be so lucky, but if jewelweed grows in that locality it will be your friend.
The sap from the stems really does work!
Good to know this on jewel weed. The nettle burned for hrs after making contact. My guess is jewel weed may be more around the coast? where I was it's hot and dry.
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Post by spiritstone on Dec 15, 2019 14:06:37 GMT -5
Don't recall running into any stinging nettle back east (would have been nice to know about the jewelweed for poison ivy back then, though). First encounter was a few years ago at Crack in the Ground (in the eastern Oregon desert). Just enough moisture that it was hanging on. Pointed it out to kids I was with, and made the mistake of touching it in the process. Must have been brought to the area by settlers. Nice rock finds, especially the citrine! Amethyst may be more popular, but natural citrine is more unusual. The citrine was plenty and I took more of that home then the amy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2019 20:16:42 GMT -5
The citrine was plenty and I took more of that home then the amy. Most of the citrine on the market today is amethyst that's been artificially heat treated. I wonder if wildfire might have done the same job at that location? Whatever, it is a nice find!
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Post by knave on Dec 15, 2019 20:24:22 GMT -5
Does any quartz-like rock react to heat, or just amy?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2019 21:35:55 GMT -5
Does any quartz-like rock react to heat, or just amy? Quite a few do. Depends on what other things the mineral contains. In iron-containing gemstones, for example, aquamarine beryl has long been gently heated to drive off some of the green tones to produce bluer gems (they used to press the crystals into lumps of dough and bake them along with the bread each day); so-called "Blue Moon" quartz is heated to give it greater translucency; some Smoky quartz turns yellow when heated; so-called "Prasiolite" is heat-treated from some shades of amethyst to turn it green; and Tiger eye is heated to get some red. Jasper and flint have sometimes been heated to improve the color, but mostly heating has been used by knappers to improve the flaking characteristics of these 2 materials more than for color improvement. Probably the most popular gem these days that is almost always heat treated is "Tanzanite" (aka, transparent zoisite), which mostly comes out of the ground an ugly greenish-brown until heated. Heating doesn't always work how one expects, so there can be a bit of a risk involved.
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Post by knave on Dec 15, 2019 22:06:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the great info.
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Post by spiritstone on Dec 16, 2019 18:57:52 GMT -5
The citrine was plenty and I took more of that home then the amy. Most of the citrine on the market today is amethyst that's been artificially heat treated. I wonder if wildfire might have done the same job at that location? Whatever, it is a nice find! That is a good question! I can tell you the area is prone to fires but cant say if that is capable to play a part?
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