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Woody
post May 1 2011, 04:55 PM
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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
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- Woody   My last outing   May 1 2011, 04:55 PM
- - golden_journey   awesome. what will you do with it?   May 1 2011, 05:45 PM
- - Woody   For the most part I just put them out back and wat...   May 2 2011, 09:26 AM
- - Woody   Drew a blank on prospecting this weekend. I was ...   May 9 2011, 09:56 AM
- - Woody   Nasty weather again this weekend. Not much chance ...   May 17 2011, 10:04 PM
- - mikeybrew   Some nice amazonite in that first pic, if all that...   May 23 2011, 09:15 PM
- - Woody   Thanks Mikeybrew, Location, location, location...   May 25 2011, 12:07 PM
- - Woody   27th of May, 2011 Finally able to get out and st...   May 27 2011, 09:40 PM
- - Woody   More Pics   May 27 2011, 09:44 PM
- - Woody   27th of May, 2011   May 27 2011, 09:48 PM
- - swizz   Woody, Wow! What a great adventure and thanks ...   May 27 2011, 09:55 PM
- - ColoradoProspector   Awesome day indeed! What a great adventure, th...   May 29 2011, 08:38 AM
- - mikeybrew   Great trilobites, I didn't know 'bites of ...   May 31 2011, 09:37 PM
- - Woody   No problem, Just shoot me an email and I will ...   Jun 1 2011, 10:52 AM
|- - mikeybrew   QUOTE (Woody @ Jun 1 2011, 11:52 AM) No p...   Jun 2 2011, 09:17 PM
- - Woody   Had an opportunity to check out areas 17 and 18 th...   Jun 6 2011, 10:14 AM
- - Woody   I don't normally post family pics but these gu...   Jun 6 2011, 08:21 PM
- - Woody   The first pic has an Elk in it. Can ya see her? S...   Jun 6 2011, 08:27 PM
- - swizz   Woody, Great report and another worthwhile adventu...   Jun 6 2011, 09:23 PM
- - russau   Woody that flower looks like a dwarfed Iris,accord...   Jun 7 2011, 05:46 AM
- - Woody   Thanks for the encouragement Swizz. I sure enjoy g...   Jun 7 2011, 12:21 PM
- - russau   id have to ask my wife!   Jun 9 2011, 05:57 AM
- - Mrs.CP   Fantastic update, and Im really enjoying the photo...   Jun 10 2011, 05:52 PM
- - Coalbunny   Looks like a Sego Lily to me.   Jun 13 2011, 02:09 AM
- - Woody   Thanks for the info on the wildflower guys. Now I ...   Jun 13 2011, 08:51 AM
- - Woody   Headed for the high country this weekend. I went ...   Jun 13 2011, 08:56 AM
- - Woody   Here are some pictures of the dredge in action.   Jun 13 2011, 09:01 AM
- - Woody   I went to the Western Slope this Fathers Day weeke...   Jun 19 2011, 10:50 PM
- - Woody   Lots of different lakes in the area   Jun 19 2011, 10:58 PM
- - Woody   The wild flowers were in Full Bloom>   Jun 19 2011, 11:05 PM
- - Woody   More flowers.   Jun 19 2011, 11:08 PM
- - Woody   Since it was Fathers Day I had to post one of good...   Jun 19 2011, 11:10 PM
- - swizz   Woody, Awesome trip reports and pics!!...   Jun 19 2011, 11:45 PM
- - Mrs.CP   Always great to hear about your outings Woody, and...   Jun 20 2011, 12:53 PM
- - Woody   My fourth of July Weekend. Went up to Northern...   Jul 6 2011, 11:43 AM
- - Woody   A pic of some chunky Gold. Even the small ones hav...   Jul 6 2011, 11:47 AM
- - Woody   Here are a few pics of the surrounding area and I ...   Jul 6 2011, 11:53 AM
- - swizz   RE: My last outing   Jul 6 2011, 05:16 PM
- - Mrs.CP   Chris is a great guy, Im glad you two were able to...   Jul 7 2011, 07:34 AM
- - Woody   Mrs. CP, We did very little panning. Almost a...   Jul 7 2011, 10:08 PM
|- - swizz   QUOTE (Woody @ Jul 7 2011, 10:08 PM) As f...   Jul 10 2011, 08:22 AM
|- - Woody   Nice Pic of the Gernets Swizz. It sure looks to me...   Jul 10 2011, 11:05 PM
- - swizz   Woody, Here is a pic of some of my Gold after clea...   Jul 8 2011, 07:45 PM
- - Woody   Nice pics Swizz thanks, Glad to see you came aw...   Jul 8 2011, 08:36 PM
- - swizz   I was never able to get the dredge going, pump muc...   Jul 8 2011, 09:05 PM
- - Mrs.CP   Sweet update, and great looking finds Chris! D...   Jul 9 2011, 12:05 PM
|- - swizz   QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Jul 9 2011, 12:05 PM) Swe...   Jul 9 2011, 03:11 PM
- - Mrs.CP   Sweet Garnets and great color!! Very co...   Jul 10 2011, 11:10 AM
- - Woody   Sunday, July 10th. I Had a Great day digging C...   Jul 10 2011, 10:40 PM
- - Woody   Sorry the pics are poor quality. I only had my Cel...   Jul 10 2011, 10:50 PM
- - Mrs.CP   Oooooh crystal digging!! Sounds like you h...   Jul 11 2011, 06:13 AM
- - swizz   Definitely very nice pocket you revealed there Woo...   Jul 11 2011, 06:40 PM
- - Woody   Another Crystal run, I just got my Truck out of...   Jul 12 2011, 11:30 PM
- - Woody   Some pics of my workings.   Jul 12 2011, 11:35 PM
- - Mrs.CP   Little rabbit hole indeed Woody! Wow! Wh...   Jul 13 2011, 02:33 PM
- - swizz   I have a feeling there's gonna be some cool sh...   Jul 13 2011, 04:17 PM
- - Woody   I did not make it up to the Club meeting this week...   Jul 18 2011, 07:40 PM
- - Woody   1st pic is of the hole and straight ahead. The nex...   Jul 18 2011, 07:48 PM
|- - mikeybrew   QUOTE (Woody @ Jul 18 2011, 08:48 PM) 1st...   Jul 24 2011, 07:56 AM
- - Mrs.CP   Great update Woody, looks like you hit a sweet vug...   Jul 21 2011, 07:49 AM
- - ColoradoProspector   Nice finds Woody for sure! I'll be looking...   Jul 23 2011, 06:40 AM
- - Woody   Thanks Mikey, I did get back up there this w...   Jul 25 2011, 11:05 PM
- - Woody   Here is a little Teaser!   Jul 25 2011, 11:08 PM
- - kmontoya911   Woody, I have really enjoyed your thread. I am j...   Jul 26 2011, 10:49 AM
- - Woody   kmontoya911 I know what you mean. Trust me, due...   Jul 26 2011, 09:15 PM
- - Woody   Well here are only a few of my picks, way too many...   Jul 26 2011, 09:18 PM
- - Woody   Here is a few pics of some of the individual piece...   Jul 26 2011, 09:26 PM
- - Woody   Lots of common stuff. Some of it even looks like i...   Jul 26 2011, 09:31 PM
- - Woody   Here are some of my favorite pieces. They all cont...   Jul 26 2011, 09:37 PM
- - Woody   This last one must of had a wild and crazy time la...   Jul 26 2011, 09:40 PM
- - swizz   Woody, Those are definitely some worthy specimens....   Jul 26 2011, 09:42 PM
- - Woody   Thanks Swizz, That is what I was talking about,...   Jul 26 2011, 09:45 PM
- - Mrs.CP   Very cool specimens and pictures Woody! Her...   Jul 27 2011, 12:24 PM
- - Woody   Did the family outing thing this weekend, Load...   Jul 31 2011, 06:12 PM
- - Woody   Here are a few Clams and some casts. Inside one of...   Jul 31 2011, 06:23 PM
- - Woody   This last pic shows several pieces that I collecte...   Jul 31 2011, 06:28 PM
- - Woody   Returned to the Chris’s Yooper Gold Claim this wee...   Aug 8 2011, 10:36 PM
- - Woody   Breakfast of Champions, oh they were sweet. Who br...   Aug 8 2011, 10:41 PM
- - Woody   Here is an unknown item I found while poking aroun...   Aug 8 2011, 10:44 PM
|- - kmontoya911   QUOTE (Woody @ Aug 8 2011, 11:44 PM) Here...   Aug 9 2011, 10:13 AM
|- - Woody   My first thought was for it being an old spool, ...   Aug 9 2011, 10:28 AM
- - Woody   Here is a pic of Steve hard at work. You can see t...   Aug 8 2011, 10:49 PM
- - Woody   Alas my “Rabbit Hole” has played out. It is not so...   Aug 15 2011, 11:03 AM
|- - leonard   QUOTE (Woody @ Aug 15 2011, 10:03 AM) The...   Aug 23 2011, 11:34 AM
|- - Woody   Thanks Leonard, I did see that several months a...   Aug 24 2011, 07:23 AM
- - Woody   Aug 20th, 2011 Got out today with some frie...   Aug 20 2011, 08:13 PM
- - Mrs.CP   Great smokey Woody, love the way it shows the colo...   Aug 24 2011, 07:38 AM
- - Woody   That special time of year, Anyone remember how...   Aug 24 2011, 09:52 AM
- - kmontoya911   Good luck to you Woody. I hope you have a great tr...   Aug 24 2011, 10:27 AM
- - Mrs.CP   I hope all is going well for you Woody! I can ...   Aug 31 2011, 07:09 AM
|- - Woody   Thanks Mrs CP, That material is what I have be...   Sep 6 2011, 08:57 AM
- - Woody   Back from my hunting vacation. I had an excelle...   Sep 6 2011, 09:03 AM
- - Woody   The next pic is one I took on opening morning as I...   Sep 6 2011, 09:12 AM
- - Woody   Here are a few pics of some of the critters I met ...   Sep 6 2011, 09:24 AM
- - Woody   Here is a rather unfortunate spider. It was on the...   Sep 6 2011, 09:31 AM
- - Woody   Here is the pic of my Elk. It was the biggest Cow ...   Sep 6 2011, 09:37 AM
- - swizz   Woody, Congratulations on the huge cow!! ...   Sep 6 2011, 11:06 AM
- - Woody   Weekend Prospecting, Headed up north again thi...   Sep 14 2011, 07:07 PM
- - Woody   Getting ready for the night, just had to make a li...   Sep 14 2011, 07:09 PM
- - Woody   Here was this nights sleeping arrangements. Aspen ...   Sep 14 2011, 07:11 PM
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