herchenx
Cave Dweller 
Member since January 2012
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Post by herchenx on Sept 7, 2012 19:51:27 GMT -5
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Sept 8, 2012 10:37:17 GMT -5
Wow, neato! That looks like it must have been fun!
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Post by geoff on Sept 8, 2012 12:02:19 GMT -5
Those are some awesome crystals. Wish there was something like that near me.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Sept 8, 2012 19:36:33 GMT -5
Cool finds, I'll bet that was fun! I used to dig around in the phosphate mines in Florida when I was a kid, I sure do miss that stuff!
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Sept 10, 2012 21:29:30 GMT -5
It was cool to be able to go. They move so much rock that there were whole boulders covered with calcite in the tailings piles, which is where we looked. I *really* wish I would have driven my truck into the mining area. They limited how many vehicles could go so I rode with the mine manager in his truck and I felt it prudent to avoid putting the real big pieces in his bed. I did load up some sweet semi-boulders into the old timers' suburbans. One piece I found had smoky colored crystals that were 2 inches thick all over it. Probably ~100# chunk. His eyes almost popped out when I asked if he'd like it  |
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