My last outing, A Weekly posting |
My last outing, A Weekly posting |
May 1 2011, 04:55 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 5-April 11 From: All of Colorado Member No.: 15,615 |
Looking for Amazonite and Crystals
It was suspossed to be a real cold & crappy day around here according to the weather station so I was all set-in for a boering weekend. . I got up and it was cold but clear. Then I listened to the weather report again and it said the snow should start falling around noon. I figured I had about 5 good hours of usable time so I headed up to the local spot in the hills. I wanted to work a spot that I had found the week before and know there is still some "items of interest" left in it. It was a little chilly but that hill will turn up the heat quick. I never made it to my intended spot. As usual, I don't take the same path up the hill twice. I kind of zig-zag up it to the height I want to be at then shoot straight accrossed. This time I stumbled into a different area that hadn't been worked and showed good amazonite. I figured to shoot my entire 5 hour wad at this new sight and call it a day from there. But the expected fowl weather did not set in as expected. So after working that area for awhile I set off in another direction. This time I went prospecting for crystals. By prospecting I mean, randomly digging a small hole here and there and see if something looks good. I trapsed up and down the hillside and found two more spots that had been worked for Amazonite but did not look promising for any good grade specimens. One hole I dug did produce some crystals. I brought back around 70 bits and pieces. All in all I was very satisified with my Saturday. I got to put in around 10 hours of hill time on what was suspossed to be a crappy day and found more areas that need worked. In the pic you can see the Amazonite clearly but the other crystals are, well kind of lumpy. I believe they are "Pseudo-morphed" or something. Not sure. Anybody got any guesses?? Later, Woody -------------------- Proud CP Lifetime Member
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Aug 15 2011, 11:03 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 5-April 11 From: All of Colorado Member No.: 15,615 |
Alas my “Rabbit Hole” has played out. It is not so much that it stopped producing as much as the crystals were very small and encrusted with a hard overgrowth. It is almost as if the rocks got a little too close to the fire and got burnt or melted. I’m sure if someone was to put several hours into removing a lot of overburden and gaining better access they could find some interesting items. The Fluorite left the show completely. If it were still popping up every now and again I would still be working the area. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
So just to get my spirits back up, I went to one of the known locations and dug for Amazonite. I kind of use this place as an, “Old Faithful”. Found lots of pieces of around an inch in size. Some showed good hexagonal shape to them. One day I will figure out how to work lapidary equipment and probably wish I spent more time here. Who knows? I spent the entire day up in on that hill, Sunup to sundown. Before I left I scouted around to find a couple more spots that looked promising and will need more investigating. That’s the way I like it, always have a spot in mind that I can turn to in case a day of prospecting starts to turn uneventful. Sometimes it makes it easier to continue to prospect knowing you have a back-up plan. Have a good one, Woody. -------------------- Proud CP Lifetime Member
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Aug 23 2011, 11:34 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 426 Joined: 6-February 04 Member No.: 84 |
The Fluorite left the show completely. If it were still popping up every now and again I would still be working the area. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. If you haven't seen this, you might like it. http://golddredger.com/fluoritemine/fluorsparmine1.htm This is an old mine near Jamestown. Leonard |
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Aug 24 2011, 07:23 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 5-April 11 From: All of Colorado Member No.: 15,615 |
Thanks Leonard,
I did see that several months ago along with the video. I would sure like to get up there sometime. I am sure I will it is just a matter of when. Thanks for the reminder, woody. -------------------- Proud CP Lifetime Member
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