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Post by eechler on Oct 6, 2011 8:34:02 GMT -5
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Post by scottr on Oct 6, 2011 14:25:06 GMT -5
very nice
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Post by dan on Oct 6, 2011 16:12:17 GMT -5
Beautiful. Those are a lot different than the one that I have from Arkansas. I love the way some minerals will appear in so many different forms and colors.
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Post by eechler on Oct 6, 2011 16:45:26 GMT -5
I never dug at Mt Ida. Use to live so close that I thought I could go anytime.
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Post by eechler on Oct 7, 2011 18:06:29 GMT -5
Two additional wavellite's  The above is Wavellite and small quartz 2 3/4 x 2 1/4  Above is about 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 |
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Post by susie q on Oct 10, 2011 14:22:25 GMT -5
Those are beautiful Ed..did you make the Walworth dig Sun.?
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Post by eechler on Oct 10, 2011 15:55:52 GMT -5
No, did not make the Walworth dig on Sun. Had to take on call at work on Sunday. I'm looking forward to any reports that are posted.
The club field trip to Middleburg and Mt Pleasant Mills on Sat was disappointing. The Calcite was not that great, and very little Strontianite.
Got up to the Wavellite area about 2:00 PM. I did not fine the Wavellite seam until about 4:00 PM. All of the club members left before I found the seam, except for one other individual. He helped me break into the seam. Lets just say we both took plenty of Wavellite Home. We left the quarry just as it was getting dark.
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Post by donniestreasures on Oct 10, 2011 18:22:21 GMT -5
Those are gorgeous!
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Post by susie q on Oct 11, 2011 5:39:35 GMT -5
Can you only go there during club sponsored trips?? Never heard of the Middleburg location. A friend of mine is with the Wayne Co. Gem & Mineral club out of New York and he has shown me his wavellite specimens from Mt. Pleasant Mills..he was most definately at the Walworth dig, I'll see what info I can get from him on how the day went and what was found.
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Post by eechler on Oct 11, 2011 6:09:51 GMT -5
Eric would prefer club trips only.
I have an open invitation and can take several others with me to collect any time, but I will not be able to go back until next spring. My schedule is full with family activities for the rest of the year.
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Post by eechler on Oct 11, 2011 6:17:58 GMT -5
Middleburg Quarry is not the best collecting location. It does have travertine, calcite, and massive fluorite. I'm hoping that as they get more into the limestone that we will find cubicle fluorite.
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Post by susie q on Oct 11, 2011 14:25:02 GMT -5
My schedule is about the same, I was thinking next spring also since cold weather is right around the corner...ughhhh, collecting time is short lived. I only have every other weekend to work with as far as getting out somewhere and that's if nothing else is pending. I'll have to join up with NMS so I can attend some of the outings next season.
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Post by mickey on Oct 11, 2011 14:42:42 GMT -5
Beautiful specimens!!
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Post by arappaho on Oct 11, 2011 16:25:24 GMT -5
Yes, I've been looking at these, too, and they are really
nice looking specimens.
Thanks for the pics,
Joe
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Post by eechler on Oct 12, 2011 15:44:42 GMT -5
 Last Pic I'm planning on posting. This one is from Sat field trip. Took it out of the Iron Out this morning. I'm not sure if I'm going to do any more cleaning on this one. I still need to trim and clean the other specimens that I found. |
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Post by eechler on Oct 17, 2011 16:54:49 GMT -5
I lied. Gong to post several additional pic's. Just took the last of the Wavellite out of the Iron out. Got just a little more trimming to do on some of the specimens. Not sure how I'm going to trim the two larger specimens. Because of soft spots in the sandstone some of the other large specimens became several smaller pieces when I used the hydraulic splitter. |
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Post by morishidol on Oct 20, 2011 19:08:09 GMT -5
Heres a recent peice of rare baby blue wavellite that I collected.  |
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Post by eechler on Oct 20, 2011 20:43:34 GMT -5
morishidol, beautiful. Did you have to do any cleaning?
I normally alternate between bleach water and iron out on a daily bases for about a week. Because of colder temps I tried rushing the cleaning process on this last batch and only used a stronger solution of iron out - did not damage the specimens, but will not try it again.
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Post by eechler on Oct 31, 2011 17:10:12 GMT -5
Trying to get back up to MPM to get some more Wavellite. Was planning on going yesterday, but the ridge was covered in snow.
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Post by Ryan on Nov 1, 2011 3:06:07 GMT -5
Ed, Im in Pittsburgh, id estimate about 3-4 hours from the area. I would love to come collect with you sometime. If there is ever an opportunity to collect there in the future, i would sure love to go on a field trip like that. The wavellite is really cool! Pretty green too, nice contrast with the matrix. My collection is woefully wavellite-deficient. Is this a "once a year" site or something more accessable? Thanks for the pics. Very nice rocks and photos.
Ryan
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Post by eechler on Nov 1, 2011 7:33:15 GMT -5
Ryan, your welcome to join me anytime I go. I sent you a PM.
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Post by eechler on Nov 4, 2011 20:44:08 GMT -5
Went back up to MPM today. Dug some great Wavellite out. If I found anything exceptional I will post some pics.
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Post by eechler on Nov 8, 2011 20:46:56 GMT -5
Below is a Wavellite trimmed but not cleaned. I will take another pic after it is cleaned. It look like the Wavellite under the iron staining will be green to yellowish brown. Will find out when it get out of the iron out. |
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Post by eechler on Nov 11, 2011 17:27:52 GMT -5
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[/img][/td][/tr][tr][td]Turquoise Var Planerite 35X[/td][td]Wavellite/Planerite(?) 40X[/td][/tr][/table] Added Magnification Bought a Dino Lite this week. Was playing with it today and took a pic of this turquoise found in the same area as the wavellite. I have several micros from the same area - too small for the Dino Lite. |
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Post by eechler on Nov 11, 2011 21:05:14 GMT -5
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Post by CrossfireBusiness on Nov 11, 2011 23:30:36 GMT -5
i wanna go !
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Post by eechler on Nov 15, 2011 12:23:24 GMT -5
One last micro unless I find something more ineresting.  40X |
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Post by eechler on Nov 16, 2011 17:47:29 GMT -5
 Picture of the Original Dig area at National Lime Stone Quarry, Mount Pleasant Mills PA. Found most of my wavellite, and micros in this area. |
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Post by eechler on Nov 20, 2011 21:24:15 GMT -5
One more pic. It is not wavellite but I love the mineral.  Cacoxenite 20X |
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Post by eechler on Dec 22, 2011 13:38:41 GMT -5
 Quartz/Wavellite (40X) Was trimming some MPM material down. Notice that it was full of micros. Unfortunately I will not have time to go through everything. I promised my wife that I will not pile rocks in the yard, or fill the basement with rocks, so most of it will get thrown out. I thought this was a nice one with the wavellite on the quartz. |
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