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Post by lee on Jul 8, 2011 21:10:10 GMT -5
It has been a while since we heard from people other than Dicky, Joe, and Scott who have been out and done some digging. I'm sure others are out there with rock hammer in hand. Let us hear about your adventures in all parts of the Country.
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Post by Ryan on Jul 8, 2011 23:57:44 GMT -5
I agree, Lee. Been a while since ive seen a nice hunting trip photo spread. I was down your way last month and nabbed a propst farm crystal. I read up that some folks were doin the franklin area ( chunky gal, buck creek, masons) wonder if they found any good corundum??  |
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Post by morishidol on Jul 9, 2011 0:36:13 GMT -5
Its just been way to hot and humid these past few weeks to go digging,,plus its hard when you have lots of good peices from so many locations but dont have hardly any good ammy or smokey quartz but locations for good material are few and far between,,,wish more smoky quartz and Ammy places to dig would open up,,,lots of peoples properties down south do have good potential for wonderful smoky quartz and ammy,,it s just so hard to find anyone who will let you come on their property to dig,,,much less look,,hope someday that changes and new spots like jacksons crossroads , and Diamond hill open up cause its been really difficult these past 2 years finding good material to add to my collection...
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Post by rockshine on Jul 9, 2011 9:35:56 GMT -5
John Clear and I have been having to wear a jacket to sit around the campfire on Buck Creek the last week of June. Finding so good that we are afraid to post photos!
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Post by pegmatite on Jul 9, 2011 18:15:44 GMT -5
Collected a little this morning locally because the itch was just too strong to ignore any longer. Usual suspects such as dolomite, baryte, calcite, marcasite, and pyrite. Most everything was on the small to micro size. Haven't been doing much collecting lately other than the Clement Museum Show digs (Marion, Ky) in June. Still working on that material getting it cleaned up and trimmed down. Mainly trying to save for an upcoming New England trip. I'll try to post a few photos tonight.
Steve
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Post by pegmatite on Jul 9, 2011 21:48:10 GMT -5
Here's a few recent specimens. The first three collected during the Clement Museum's Annual Show Digs in Marion, Kentucky. The last two from northeastern, Kentucky. The pyromorphite is micro size. The rest are miniatures.  Lafayette Mine pyromorphite  Lafayette Mine pyromorphite and fluorite  Lafayette Mine fluorite  Kentucky calcite  Kentucky baryte and dolomite Steve |
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Post by lee on Jul 9, 2011 22:02:14 GMT -5
Steve:
Thanks for the report on your outing to collect fluorite. Also, your pictures are great of the specimens you collected. Keep up the good work and we look forward to your annual report on your New England trip.
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Post by hydrogeologist on Jul 15, 2011 6:48:50 GMT -5
I dug some smoky, citrine and rock quartz crystals at Petersen Mountain in California a few months back. See if you can see my car in the photo.  Lawrence |
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Post by rockshine on Jul 15, 2011 7:59:44 GMT -5
How come they put their mountains so far apart in Calif?
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Post by rocksinthehead on Jul 15, 2011 9:25:50 GMT -5
I've been out poking around and found a few things. Made a trip to Nameless, Tn. and picked up a couple of buckets of geodes, hit my Tenn. fluorite site and found a few pretty fluorite/dolomite specimens and went with Steve Garza hounding in Kentucky and had a great time and found some very interesting stuff, including strontianite filled geodes.
I will try to post some pictures at some point.
Mike
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Post by hydrogeologist on Jul 15, 2011 16:32:11 GMT -5
Good eye, Rick.
I would have driven higher but it was a rental Jeep and I stopped when I had to put it in 4X4 to go any further. That "road" was pretty hairy, with 2' deep ruts cris-crossing it and lots of wash-outs. Most people wouldn't be able to make it nearly that far, ESPECIALLY in a rental, but since I drove a '92 Volvo 740 station wagon to damn near the top of that mountain back in '05 I considered myself a pro.
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Post by pegmatite on Jul 17, 2011 7:44:06 GMT -5
So was the drive and hike worth it? Besides the view I mean.
Steve
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Post by hydrogeologist on Jul 17, 2011 16:40:44 GMT -5
Steve, it was totally worth it. I would have rather hit my smoky/microcline spot near Incline Village on the north shore of Tahoe but it was under four to eight feet of snow drift so this was the next best thing. I found a bunch of quartz points including a nice smoky and a nice citrine scepter head surface collecting on the scree slopes.
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Post by rayjeri on Jul 18, 2011 7:12:17 GMT -5
Jeri and I are going to the Withlacoochee River this saturday and sunday to dive for agatized coral.
Ray
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Post by pegmatite on Jul 18, 2011 17:44:01 GMT -5
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Post by arappaho on Jul 18, 2011 19:13:13 GMT -5
Nice sharp edges. Very pretty find, Steve!  As always,Thanks for all the excellent pictures. The Baryte and Dolomite and Lafayette Pyromorphite pics are really great, too. Joe |
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