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Post by glennz01 on Aug 10, 2014 21:38:34 GMT -5
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 11, 2014 10:09:36 GMT -5
Nice collection...Price sounds fair too....
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Joe
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Post by Joe on Aug 11, 2014 14:34:12 GMT -5
Nice finds dude! I agree price sounds reasonable but I don't know near as much as most others here.
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Post by glennz01 on Aug 11, 2014 23:28:50 GMT -5
This is what it looks like from the cliff (my camera is at an angle) the cliff above the spree is near vertical. the spree is at least 1000 ft high. It takes 2 miles to get to the farthest side of the lake you see which is the only spot i can cross to the cliff..  |
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Post by transcendental on Aug 12, 2014 15:55:29 GMT -5
Those are tabular prehnite correct? Very different from what I have from around here if yes. That bright green is eye catching. Good luck finding more double terminated quartz. Thanks for sharing your finds, really neat to see what's up in your part of alaska
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Post by gingerkid on Aug 12, 2014 21:49:47 GMT -5
That's a gorgeous view to head out and look for xtals! I agree with everyone that you are asking a reasonable price for prehnite, which is very pretty. Do you have any close-up shots of your pectolite, glennz01? |
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Post by drocknut on Aug 12, 2014 21:53:34 GMT -5
Great finds and a gorgeous view too.
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Post by glennz01 on Aug 12, 2014 23:29:07 GMT -5
I can get a close up of the pectolite. I'm not 100% it is Pectolite but i have a chunk from NJ mixed with prehnite so i'm guessing that is what i have. I have some other shapes of prehnite also.. here is a pic of botryoidal, tabular, and bubble prehnite from my last trip. there are two 4ft square slabs of it still to be mined out... possibly larger.. i can only see so far until it goes black.   |
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Post by snowmom on Aug 13, 2014 7:04:48 GMT -5
lots of pretty stuff! we have prenhite here, too but it is little bits of it smoothed and rounded by the lake... nice to see it in its
original form.
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Post by 39don on Aug 13, 2014 7:49:56 GMT -5
I have found some quartz crystals, like yours, in Tennessee. Some are smokey, some with a hint of amethyst, some looking like Herkimer diamonds and some like fenster crystals. As best as I can tell they have weathered out of calcite deposits. They best way I have found to look for them is look after heavy rains in plowed fields and or eroding slopes. Once you have found them the larger ones will be higher up on slopes. Watch for the sun's reflection, don't take your eyes off it, move to the reflection. The crystal is usually laying on top of the soil or just beneath it with a crystal just breaking through.
When I get time I'll post some of my crystals.
39dom
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Post by glennz01 on Aug 13, 2014 10:44:08 GMT -5
my quartz comes from deep sea veins in a shale like stuff
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