clear creek adventure, went to clear creek to test pan |
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 Mar 20 2014, 12:51 AM
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had an hour to kill so I went to clear creek just west of tunnel one and through down a few test pans. got some small garnets. coulpe cool lokking stones and saw what looked like micro fine gold in my pan. not really sure but it moved last. anyway I was wondering, I hit mainly light sandy material and some small light gravel and I went about seven to eight inches deep behind a small boulder. or large rock I guess lol. how far down before descent black sand? can anyone say a rough guess.
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Apr 12 2014, 11:14 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 23-August 11 From: Loveland, Co Member No.: 27,483 |
I think what you have there is glass. The only known "blue" garnets are actually color-change varieties that change from a greenish or purplish blue to a purplish red. Rather expensive! You can see some pics on the D&J Rare Gems site.
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panner13 clear creek adventure Mar 20 2014, 12:51 AM
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