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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 11, 2005 18:34:07 GMT -5
Okay so it's about an hour away, but considering that home is home to grey granite this is a definate improvement. For those who find great agates near home pardon my excitement over simple quartz - wish I could find beautiful agates as I've seen, but right now I'll settle for these. Daughter & I went with our rock club & had to leave after a few hours as mosquitos & deer flies were driving everyone nuts! Here is the whole haul: Wanted to find blue quartz but deer & horse flies were tiring me out (from waving them away). My daughter got about 1 lb of mica - some of it is over 1" thick - found a chunk of mica 4-5 inches thick. There's clear, pink & smoky quartz.  These are garnet encrusted quartz, who knows what's inside these - maybe a real gem - hmmm I wonder  This is black Tourmaline (there's the colorful kind elsewhere but it's a 2 mile walk to get there. This stuff sometimes turns into mica (called mica pseudo tourmaline - I think)  These are real keepers - the clear one on the toothbrush is amazing - crystal clear!  Thanks for looking |
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Post by Cher on Jun 11, 2005 19:03:08 GMT -5
Hey Tweet, looks like you got a good haul. How lucky that you can find
stuff like the garnets and tourmaline close by you. Quartz is cool, I like
tumbling quartz, it always takes such a nice shine.
Cher
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phoenix1647
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Post by phoenix1647 on Jun 11, 2005 19:15:04 GMT -5
Quartz is cool.....I hope we can find some nice stuff this comming weekend in Mt. Ida...provided it does not rain....
Pho
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Post by rockyraccoon on Jun 11, 2005 22:42:47 GMT -5
me too pho! tweetie nice haul. what will you do with the tourmaline?
kim
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Post by gaetzchamp on Jun 12, 2005 0:07:30 GMT -5
Hey Tweet-
Nothing at all to be ashamed of. That clear quartz it awesome. I'd love to find some of that stuff to display on my work desk or something.
Good job!!!!
gaetz
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jun 12, 2005 2:07:49 GMT -5
Gaetz, Great rocks there! They should tumble nicely. Here's some Quartz from Utah.....Alta Utah area. Hard to tumble these, but no need to. Steve[img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/rockminer0/DCP_0374.jpg ![]() "]http://i7.photobucket.com[/img] |
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jun 12, 2005 2:12:05 GMT -5
Gaetz, Great rocks there! They should tumble nicely. Here's some Quartz from Utah.....Alta Utah area. Hard to tumble these, but no need to. Steve   |
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Post by rollingstone on Jun 12, 2005 5:42:36 GMT -5
Tweet, I think your coolest find there is the tourmaline. Black is the lowest grade, but it your "colourful tourmaline" is the red, green, or watermelon kind, then it is definitely worth the two mile hike... I looked into buying some of the colourful stuff for tumbling, but it costs a fortune. Black is more reasonably priced, but I'm not really into black tumbled rocks.
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jun 12, 2005 16:12:14 GMT -5
Wow!
I'm totally confused and TIRED! ::)Great rocks TWEETIE...and Gaetz sorry for the mis-read. Thought they were your rocks.
Steve
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Post by tinman on Jun 12, 2005 18:21:43 GMT -5
I love those finds thay look great do you want to go find me some I will trade you if not go get as much as you can carry
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 12, 2005 19:29:20 GMT -5
Rollingstone, the tourmaline with the hike is the green, red & watercolor ones. Not sure on the size of the finds though - I may have to ask if they (my club) intend on going there sometime this summer - I've seen it and gawked over it - would love to find some.
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Post by cookie3rocks on Jun 12, 2005 19:42:51 GMT -5
The gaenet encrusted smokey quartz has me drooling. How beautiful is that gonna be? Can hardly wait to see it. Great finds all around!
cookie
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 12, 2005 20:34:20 GMT -5
Hey Tinman - very willing to trade, does your offer still stand if I tell you I live in southern Canada? Let me know.
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Post by Alice on Jun 13, 2005 6:07:08 GMT -5
Nice Haul Tweetie.
Those will probably be the hardest rocks you'll find when you go hunting with your minerology club (In Qc) ... Will you be tumbling those?
There's a possiblitiy that we may be moving to Rigaud ...
We should get the kids together and go rock hunting together some time this summer.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 13, 2005 7:08:02 GMT -5
Alice, of course I'll be tumbling those - if I can ever get a tumbler barrel free - seems I've been tumbling my two batches forever.
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Post by creativeminded on Jun 13, 2005 10:01:49 GMT -5
You found a treasure chest those are very pretty. They will polish up nicely.
Tami
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Post by stefan on Jun 13, 2005 11:00:58 GMT -5
Nice haul Tweet- Ok here is how to deal with deerflies! They like to land on the highest point soo- hold your hand above your head and slightly ahead of you face- when it lands- SWAT one less deerfly! They also make sticky pads for the top of your hat (fly lands and sticks until his death!!!!!!) However I seem to forget it is there and swat something with my hat and well lets say hairy legs and sticky pads don't go good together!- Oh and carry some ammonia or toothpaste to put on any bites!
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 13, 2005 11:49:00 GMT -5
Thanks Stefan for the tip, we were wondering why they weren't buzzing around our legs or something. Does the toothpaste also work for mosquito bites - my ankles are huge with bites.
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Post by stefan on Jun 13, 2005 12:14:19 GMT -5
Yup it does! I use it all the time for skeeters- Course those Canadian ones Leave Some HUGE bites- I once saw a skeeter carry off a moose! (granted it was a small moose)
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 13, 2005 18:02:19 GMT -5
Well I hope toothpaste works as I have a minty green paste & smell coming off of me - does brand matter? I'd hate to use Colgate when I have to use Crest?  |
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