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Post by Barrett on Dec 15, 2011 12:54:12 GMT -5
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Post by Craig on Dec 15, 2011 13:52:58 GMT -5
Geeeeez, Those are Fantastic, Great pictures. Thanks
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Post by arappaho on Dec 15, 2011 18:05:55 GMT -5
The spot that just keeps on giving!  Thanks for all the great pics, AG! I love the coatings, the skeletals, and the artichoke type growths. And a twenty pounder ain't bad once in a while either! Keep on Digging! Joe |
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Post by Barrett on Dec 15, 2011 18:38:00 GMT -5
Yea, but it's nuthin' compared to your anatase included gemmy crystals. I seen those suckers. You are also dubbed the "surgeon" for your precise crystal extractrion
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Post by IronTom on Dec 15, 2011 18:47:01 GMT -5
That is a pretty good lookin spot you got there.
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Post by scintillator4u on Dec 15, 2011 19:02:09 GMT -5
Those are terriffic! Congrats!!
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Post by rockpic on Dec 15, 2011 19:33:23 GMT -5
Great pics....Thanks for sharin!
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Post by earthnhands on Dec 15, 2011 21:03:15 GMT -5
Looks like fun! Where is this place? Very cool crystals too. What is the black coating?
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Post by Barrett on Dec 15, 2011 22:21:52 GMT -5
The black is manganese-oxide coating. It comes off easily but I like to leave it on the crystals that have a uniform coating
This is right outside of Atlanta
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Post by earthnhands on Dec 16, 2011 11:04:01 GMT -5
I like the coating too. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by nose2ground on Dec 16, 2011 14:22:07 GMT -5
Jason - not sure if you have cleaned much of them or not - appears they all have sort of odd white coating, in one broken piece it appeared clearer on the inside. If you clean them with sulfuric acid make sure they soak a long time in water - it turns the white coating yellow.
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Post by buckshot on Dec 18, 2011 14:35:22 GMT -5
Barrett: Those are really neat crystals and clusters that vein looks very similar to what I'm currently digging in except I'm not finding any crystal shapes yet. It appears this vein is at the surface and mostly lies horizonitally is this correct ?
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Post by Barrett on Dec 18, 2011 19:52:01 GMT -5
The vein is on the surface since they removed 30 feet of hillside. It's vertical and goes straight down.
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Post by buckshot on Jan 3, 2012 10:41:57 GMT -5
Thanks Barrett: The vein I'm in is in a bank and runs almost vertical I'm currently about 8 ft below surface, this was exposed I didn't dig 8 ft, and have been mostly digging up towards the surface, maybe I should be digging down instead and there is also the possibility that there aren't any crystals in it. I also don't know how thick into the bank it is, am at the point I'm concerned about a cave-in.
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Post by leonardo on Jan 4, 2012 17:57:46 GMT -5
get rid of the stuff that can cave in ...or stay away
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Post by Barrett on Feb 6, 2012 18:57:32 GMT -5
Here are some HUGE cluster Keith Phagan and I dug last weekend  Here is a flower cluster I just cleaned  |
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Post by Craig on Feb 7, 2012 17:53:59 GMT -5
You have been doing Great Jason. Keep it up!!!
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Post by Dicky the Rockhunter on Mar 28, 2013 12:32:10 GMT -5
OHGREATE STUFF AS ALWAAYS THERE JASON MISS HAEARING FROM YA ! ARE YOU WATCHING THE PROSPECTORS ON WEATHER CHANNEL TUEDAYS AT 9PM EASTERN TIME . I HELP WITH THE WHOLE THING.
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Post by edwardbooth55 on Sept 4, 2016 16:34:55 GMT -5
Hi I'm ed, show me some of your findings.
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