Colorado Calcite Options

[MikeS]

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.

[swizz]

What about using a cordless hammer drill in addition to your current arsenal of hand tools? From my years of demo these things are handy. You can use various chisel bits to pinpoint what you're trying to open up.
18V HF Hammer

[MikeS]

What about using a cordless hammer drill in addition to your current arsenal of hand tools? From my years of demo these things are handy. You can use various chisel bits to pinpoint what you're trying to open up.
18V HF Hammer

The GAD points are generally designed to split after a hole is drilled or several holes. Or exploiting existing cracks. Dave has a few star drills (hand tap-drilling). But a good hammer drill might work well.

[CP]

The GAD points are generally designed to split after a hole is drilled or several holes. Or exploiting existing cracks. Dave has a few star drills (hand tap-drilling). But a good hammer drill might work well.

The gad points work especially well when Mike's got the high speed chipper going on it too. Anyone else notice that in the vid? He's going at that nodule like a squirrel on a nut!! MikeS is officially the gad operator.

Thanks for the great pics and reports ya'll, what a great winter dig!!