icatz
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Post by icatz on Oct 10, 2015 7:48:02 GMT -5
The Rowley Mine is world famous for its Wulfenite (one of my fave minerals). I went back in the 1800s, when you could go there and collect to your heart's content  Just a few samples I found at the opening. Was too scared to go further. That mine is extremely unstable and floods. It's privately owned now and you need special permission to just sift through the tailings. I have more photos, just have to find them. Will add more if I do.  |
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Post by snowmom on Oct 11, 2015 5:29:35 GMT -5
very interesting stuff. are the crystals brittle?
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 11, 2015 9:21:26 GMT -5
WOW! Those are cool!!!
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icatz
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Post by icatz on Oct 11, 2015 9:23:00 GMT -5
very interesting stuff. are the crystals brittle? Yes! You can't make jewelry from it. Some forms are more cubic and harder, but tend to be small. |
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Oct 11, 2015 14:52:16 GMT -5
The mine is now closed to collecting according to some dude in AZ who I don't know the name of.
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icatz
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Post by icatz on Oct 11, 2015 18:34:32 GMT -5
The mine is now closed to collecting according to some dude in AZ who I don't know the name of. Certain rockhounding groups can be given access. I think they charged $15/person to go thru the tailings. You have to know someone. I believe 2 guys have owned it for some time. Far too dangerous to go down into. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 10:02:43 GMT -5
The Rowley Mine is world famous for its Wulfenite (one of my fave minerals). I went back in the 1800s, when you could go there and collect to your heart's content Does your way back machine have seating for two? I have many ideas of times and places to visit!  |
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Post by Pat on Oct 12, 2015 16:32:24 GMT -5
YOU went back to the 1800s?  Wow! |
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 12, 2015 20:47:22 GMT -5
Awesome specimens! Thanks for posting! Let us know how you managed to travel back 200 years and come back in one piece...
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icatz
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Post by icatz on Oct 13, 2015 6:19:41 GMT -5
Awesome specimens! Thanks for posting! Let us know how you managed to travel back 200 years and come back in one piece... You guys are cute. Just feeling old. "Oh, I went to the mine in the mid-1990s to collect wulfenite." Half the people I know weren't even born yet or were not yet 10. If y'all are interested I can go through my crates and photograph some more of this stuff. These aren't even the best specimens, just the ones I had pictures of. |
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Post by Noosh9057 on Oct 13, 2015 7:55:33 GMT -5
Very very cool.
Roger
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 13, 2015 8:01:10 GMT -5
Awesome specimens! Thanks for posting! Let us know how you managed to travel back 200 years and come back in one piece... You guys are cute. Just feeling old. "Oh, I went to the mine in the mid-1990s to collect wulfenite." Half the people I know weren't even born yet or were not yet 10. If y'all are interested I can go through my crates and photograph some more of this stuff. These aren't even the best specimens, just the ones I had pictures of. That must've been awesome to pick through all that before it had been "picked over". |
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Just a few samples I found at the opening. Was too scared to go further. That mine is extremely unstable and floods. It's privately owned now and you need special permission to just sift through the tailings. I have more photos, just have to find them. Will add more if I do.
Wow! 
