Colorado Calcite |
Colorado Calcite |
Dec 21 2015, 06:51 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 898 Joined: 9-January 14 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 116,265 |
Here are some pictures of the Calcite finds that Dave and I found this last weekend in southeast Colorado.
Unknown mineral found in a Calcite vein. It it very fragile and made of tiny red cubes. Our best guess is Hematite after Pyrite. -------------------- |
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Jan 5 2016, 01:15 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 898 Joined: 9-January 14 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 116,265 |
I didn't get many still shots this last trip but I did get an hour of video. I chopped it down to 14 min. Starting with Nate's large Calcite crystal and Jason's Selenite crytsals. Then I show myself opening my birthday present. Most of my birthday was spent picking at nodules that were already picked at and unproductive. After dark I pulled out the headlamp and noticed some shiny crystals that were not calcite and realized they were selenite crystals. I forgot about the nodules and started digging to find the source of selenite which led me right to an untapped nodule. It took all night and next day to dig it out of the hard clay just in time to crack it open.
Calcite and Selenite crystals in Septarian Nodules -------------------- |
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