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Colorado Fluorite Finds!!, Beautiful colors
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post Sep 14 2014, 07:16 PM
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You Bas... great scores man, I'm jealous. thumbsupsmileyanim.gif


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post Sep 14 2014, 07:35 PM
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QUOTE (NewRockHounder @ Sep 14 2014, 08:16 PM) *
You Bas... great scores man, I'm jealous. thumbsupsmileyanim.gif


These next few pics will likely inflame the jealousy. lol.
These are some previous finds. They have been cleaned and trimmed by the pros.
Nice to see them at a mineral show.
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post Sep 14 2014, 08:44 PM
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Wow Mike,

I'm very impressed with your Fluorite collection. I had not seen these videos before, glad I happened to look just now. It also looks like all of your Fluorite is home grown in Colorado. To me that makes them even more impressive. Nice job, keep them coming.

Something funny..... I literally just sat down to the computer to start putting together my Fluorite Collection video. I am in the process of making a video that shows the many different types and properties of Fluorite.
What a coincident. But don't worry, mine will not be as impressive as yours.

Very enjoyable, Woody.


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post Sep 14 2014, 09:19 PM
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QUOTE (Woody @ Sep 14 2014, 09:44 PM) *
It also looks like all of your Fluorite is home grown in Colorado. I am in the process of making a video that shows the many different types and properties of Fluorite.


Not only is it all from Colorado, it's all from what is now my first claim, staked earlier this year. It's the gift that keeps on giving so far. Can't wait to see your video. Here is an odd property of fluorite: When I was camping I threw some broken pieces of Fluorite in a empty chilli can and heated them on the fire. We were trying to see if we could melt them since the melting temp is very low. They melted some but they glowed a green/blue light and were amazingly bright.


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post Sep 15 2014, 07:05 AM
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Fantastic Fluorite finds Mike!! smiley-clapping.gif thumbsupsmileyanim.gif
Looks like your claim is treating you right and yielding some awesome pieces. Love the colors! Congrats on the finds.


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post Mar 23 2015, 09:21 PM
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Here is a few Fluorite finds from the claim yesterday.
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post Mar 24 2015, 12:03 AM
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Nice Mike. thumbsupsmileyanim.gif

Wish I had some place to dig.

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post Jun 25 2015, 08:22 PM
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Some Flourites from Pikes peak granite. They are cracked and included. But they have a wonderful lavender color, with hints of green.

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Over the weekend I went up to the claim and met up with friends to search for where the topaz came from. We didn't find any more topaz but I did find a pegmatite exposure that had not been looked at yet. I worked this new pegmatite for most of the weekend and it produced a few fluorite crystals and about a hundred quartz crystals most of which were double terminated, tabular/flat and included with goethite and mica making them sparkle several different colors.

Here is my best find from the peg, a pale green fluorite with a cluster of quartz attached.
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Some of the quartz crystals.

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This smokey has a microcline crystal attached and a white phantom inside. The termination was a little damaged by nature.

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Dave and Jason working the peg material.

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post Jun 21 2016, 10:37 AM
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That is awesome Mikey! thumbsupsmileyanim.gif
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post Jun 21 2016, 03:12 PM
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Nice looking stuff!!


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post Jun 24 2016, 11:34 AM
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Sweet Fluorite finds! happy112.gif smiley-clapping.gif Looks like you all were having a blast finding the goodies that day!


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