quick trip to bookcliffs,Co.

[Dicky the Rockhunter]

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

[hydrogeologist]

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

[earthnhands]

beautiful scenery to go with fun finds! thanks for showing.

[ira]

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