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Post by Dicky the Rockhunter on Oct 10, 2010 14:31:51 GMT -5
Had a little spare time last wed-thur went to the west border of Colorado to the bookcliffs. The side of a giant mesa in Palasaid/ Grand Junction. The cliffs were formed by the Colorado river . About 8 miles from the Utah border and few more to the yellowcat collecting area that Hawkewind goes to. Had to cross the continental devide at Aspen ( skiers will recognize that ) and there was evidence of new snow - lookout here comes winter. On the way back there had been a good storm and the snow coverage was about 4 ft deep. still a few aspen trees that had leafs and had turned- nice first look at the cliffs - about 20 miles away the digging area is at the transition area on the cliff 1000 ft below the top. not great findings but did find this - I think it is Celestine I did talk to another he had found drusy amethyst, and beautiful clear Bartie crystals , sorry no pics. Thanks Dicky
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Post by hydrogeologist on Oct 10, 2010 18:55:48 GMT -5
It is most likely gypsum var. selenite. I collected lots of it in the Book Cliffs back in 2005. Didn't locate any of the nodules that contain the barite, though.
Lawrence
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Post by earthnhands on Oct 25, 2010 11:07:47 GMT -5
beautiful scenery to go with fun finds! thanks for showing.
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Post by ira on Oct 25, 2010 18:45:09 GMT -5
Ahhhh... your killin' me! My parents house is like seven miles from this site. I'll be visiting this area and Yellow Cat on Thanksgiving weekend. Oh yeah... I mean I'll be visiting my parents that weekend ;D Next spring we should get a small group (5 or so) and head out there for the weekend. My dad has a very nice street rod shop that we could bunk in, plus we have a couple of spare bedrooms in the house as well. After rockhounding we could fire up the grill Ira
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