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Post by broseph82 on Jan 19, 2015 20:03:52 GMT -5
Had a short trip this weekend to collect Almandine garnets, rutilated quartz, and limonite cubes. Here's a few pics I have so far. 6lbs of garnets  Rutilated quartz    |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 19, 2015 20:26:40 GMT -5
Cool load of goodies Jimi.
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Post by gemfeller on Jan 19, 2015 20:39:20 GMT -5
Nice specimens. But I think the crystals in the quartz are tourmaline, not rutile. Tourmalinated quartz makes great cabs too.
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Post by broseph82 on Jan 19, 2015 20:46:34 GMT -5
Nice specimens. But I think the crystals in the quartz are tourmaline, not rutile. Tourmalinated quartz makes great cabs too. Either way it's still cool. I think the diamond shaped holes held tourmaline rods at one point. May go back this weekend to find more! I was told by Dave that the rods were rutile and there are quartz with the golden rods too. Black hairy needle point type rocks. Is that better? Ha ha |
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Post by gemfeller on Jan 19, 2015 20:58:11 GMT -5
There could be some rutile especially in the second specimen. It's difficult to speculate what the diamond shapes were but they're not the right crystal shape for tourmaline. They look as if cubic crystals of some sort have been replaced: pyrite, garnet, spinel or???
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Post by Jugglerguy on Jan 19, 2015 21:05:36 GMT -5
What's an almadene garnet? Those aren't all pretty and red like the ones James offered for sale. Do they just need to be cleaned up? Will they get red if you tumble them? How do you find them? Are they just laying around on the ground, or do you have to dig for them? Okay, that's enough questions for now.
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Post by broseph82 on Jan 19, 2015 21:13:10 GMT -5
What's an almadene garnet? Those aren't all pretty and red like the ones James offered for sale. Do they just need to be cleaned up? Will they get red if you tumble them? How do you find them? Are they just laying around on the ground, or do you have to dig for them? Okay, that's enough questions for now. Yes same kind. Yes need to be cleaned up. Heavy iron outsides. These garnets are typically very common in places (google says so). Look like rabbit turds. Very plentiful. No digging just surface finds. I think James' garnets may have been tumbled and/or iron removed. These are red underneath the iron. |
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Post by broseph82 on Jan 19, 2015 21:37:06 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 19, 2015 22:08:15 GMT -5
Score!!
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Post by Jugglerguy on Jan 19, 2015 22:58:44 GMT -5
Thanks Bro. Are you going to tumble them?
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Post by broseph82 on Jan 19, 2015 23:41:37 GMT -5
Thanks Bro. Are you going to tumble them? Yes definitely. I soaked these in iron out  fantastic5 Ann says they're great for being small filler rocks |
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Post by gemfeller on Jan 20, 2015 0:27:31 GMT -5
broseph, seeing the images of the garnets in matrix solves the mystery of the diamond-shapes in the image above. I'm pretty sure they were originally garnets before they were dissolved and replaced by quartz.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 20, 2015 6:52:12 GMT -5
What's an almadene garnet? Those aren't all pretty and red like the ones James offered for sale. Do they just need to be cleaned up? Will they get red if you tumble them? How do you find them? Are they just laying around on the ground, or do you have to dig for them? Okay, that's enough questions for now. Some of the Georgia mountain creeks are laced with high grade almandine garnets Rob. They are very heavy and behave a bit like gold in settling in certain spots of the stream flow.  |
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Post by snowmom on Jan 20, 2015 9:02:39 GMT -5
6 lbs! unreal. Broseph great hounding. Those are great!
Jamesp, looks like something out of Ali Baba, all those red sparklers...
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Post by jamesp on Jan 20, 2015 9:48:26 GMT -5
6 lbs! unreal. Broseph great hounding. Those are great! Jamesp, looks like something out of Ali Baba, all those red sparklers... Sri Lanka shores in the southland(rebel yell) |
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Post by gingerkid on Jan 20, 2015 11:05:02 GMT -5
Lust your haul of garnets and nice tourmalinated quartz specimen, broseph82! Where did you collect them? 'Bama? Agree with gemfeller, that the second specimen looks like it may have golden needles of rutilated quartz with tourmalinated quartz. Very cool. Are you planning on keeping the quartz specimens for displaying? I'll arm wrestle you for the almandine in green schist. Just kiddin' with you, but it's a very nice specimen. Is it from 'Bama? jamesp, that's a killer pic with the garnets sparkling. |
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Post by broseph82 on Jan 20, 2015 11:27:05 GMT -5
Lust your haul of garnets and nice tourmalinated quartz specimen, broseph82! Where did you collect them? 'Bama? Agree with gemfeller, that the second specimen looks like it may have golden needles of rutilated quartz with tourmalinated quartz. Very cool. Are you planning on keeping the quartz specimens for displaying? I'll arm wrestle you for the almandine in green schist. Just kiddin' with you, but it's a very nice specimen. Is it from 'Bama? jamesp, that's a killer pic with the garnets sparkling. They're from North Carolina. Some of the quartz I want to cut and a couple pieces just keep for display. I have about 3lbs of garnets in the vibe right now with 1lb of ceramic smalls. 3lbs garnets 1lb ceramic media 2Tbsp Borax 2Tbsp 120/220 |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 20, 2015 12:16:35 GMT -5
When I was a kid my neighbor took me up to Rabun and Towns county area and were able to sift thru the spoils of Laurel Creek and the Ledbetter mines.
Rugged country in NE Georgia, lots of gem type rocks. Laurel creek enters the west fork of the mighty Chatuge River, and has rich minerals and gem type stones.
Mines long closed, but those creeks are still there.
Another garnet hole in NW Atlanta, Rottenwood Creek, they may be pyrope garnets.
Gold rich Lumpkin county has a lot of fine garnets too.
let's go sometime
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Post by broseph82 on Jan 20, 2015 12:29:31 GMT -5
Let's do it jamespWe are wanting to hound this weekend. What you got going on? |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 20, 2015 12:41:08 GMT -5
Let's do it jamespWe are wanting to hound this weekend. What you got going on? The mountain locations need to be researched. That is Warwoman territory and very rugged. The Atlanta spot is a serious mountain type creek and has beautiful quartzite along with garnets. But the weather may need to be nice, and Rottenwood Creek NOT with high water. Let me look at weather forecasts. An alternative is a heavy source of iron garnets with fine crystal shapes near the town of Wedowee Alabama. They are in the soil roads, and collected w/a broom and dust pan. Some up to 1.5 inches. That place can be done in any climate weather. Let me look at the area and pinpoint where these garnets are. chlorite shists there too, that I have sold for display pieces. |
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