Post by barclay on Jul 10, 2016 22:56:00 GMT -5
I went on the multi-club field trip put together by the Pasedina and North Orange County rock clubs. It was a beautiful day and you couldn't have asked for more gracious and knowlegable folks to rockhound with. Everyone went home with as much actinolite as they wanted to carry. We found small boulders at both sites as well as a number of smaller pieces, blue and green schist and dolomite.
Blue Cut. It is called the Blue Cut because of the blue schist. Here is the San Andreas fault where the Pacific Plate and North American Plate meet.
Here is a sag pond where water seeps up from the ground.
Surprisingly there are freshwater clams in the pond. You don't think of clams in a pond in a mountain.
The first collecting area was pretty flat with a couple of arroyos.
There were quite a few yuccas that were very friendly and reached out to touch us.
Here are some pieces of actinolite in the ground which is blue from the blue schist.
Here are a couple of small pieces of actinolite I found.
Here is a boulder we found in an arroyo
This is a piece from the boulder.
This is the second area we went to.
Here is the prize. This boulder weighs about 100 lbs before we split it.
Blue Cut. It is called the Blue Cut because of the blue schist. Here is the San Andreas fault where the Pacific Plate and North American Plate meet.
Here is a sag pond where water seeps up from the ground.
Surprisingly there are freshwater clams in the pond. You don't think of clams in a pond in a mountain.
The first collecting area was pretty flat with a couple of arroyos.
There were quite a few yuccas that were very friendly and reached out to touch us.
Here are some pieces of actinolite in the ground which is blue from the blue schist.
Here are a couple of small pieces of actinolite I found.
Here is a boulder we found in an arroyo
This is a piece from the boulder.
This is the second area we went to.
Here is the prize. This boulder weighs about 100 lbs before we split it.
