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Post by mainiac on Jul 29, 2008 15:50:24 GMT -5
Hello to all, I am completely unexperienced when it comes to photographing (and collecting) minerals so please forgive me in advance! I live in Sanford, Maine and found this in my backyard about a year ago. The entire specimen is about 2 inches wide and tall. The crystals are somewhat dirty due to my fear of breaking them. Any ideas? Quartz Crystals?  |
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Post by mainiac on Jul 29, 2008 16:12:02 GMT -5
I guess I need to figure out how to post the pic first... sorry!
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Post by xtldggr on Jul 29, 2008 16:12:19 GMT -5
Maniac,
Welcome aboard, It seems your photo file was not properly attached to your post. Go to the General board and look under the thread on how to post photos for clarification.
Xtldggr
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Post by pegmatite on Jul 29, 2008 16:37:45 GMT -5
A good place to start is to go to Mindat.org and do a locality search for Sanford. There are quite a few minerals known from Sanford, Maine. If you're lucky there may be a good photo posted that looks similar to your specimen. Just look at the top of the mineral list for the link to the photo gallery for that locality. We'd still love to see your photo. Check out the General Forum for instructions on how to upload photos to this site.
Steve
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Post by gemlover on Aug 17, 2008 12:09:25 GMT -5
Quartzite looks like a good bet.
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Post by 4cornersrocks on Aug 18, 2008 21:38:23 GMT -5
Quartz...
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Post by reverenddeb on Aug 22, 2008 11:39:34 GMT -5
Quartz. Best bet there is something called a pegmatite in your area. Most of the pegmatite belt is north of you, but that doesn't mean you couldn't have some that far south.
There are also some metals mines not too far away from you. Look up Maine mineralogy on the net for starters.
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Post by eriktheawful on Aug 23, 2008 18:35:30 GMT -5
pegamatite... it's everywhere!
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