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 Post subject: I dug this up the other day
PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:55 pm 
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Check out this bad boy I dug up from my little quartz spot in Gwinnett county 2 days ago. this and about 15 other flats worth of crystals.

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here are some other ones with the "shadow quartz" look
(manganese oxide coating that is super slick and smooth)
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:02 am 
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Very fine black color.


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Pulled out this puppy too. Got some size and good form to it.
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Dug this up last week too...it appears to be a crystal that broke off from where it grew and stuck to this conglomerate of fragments that were at the bottom of the pocket. It holds together quite well but pieces come off here and there. I seem to have gotten it down to a pretty solid piece
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Pulled out some gemmy clusters as well ...not big by any means but who can complain when your quartz spot is a mile away from your house as the crow flies.... :shock:
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Barbra Voltaire wrote:
Field trip?

SUGGESTION!:

SUMMER 2013- Gemology Online Field Trip with Jason Barrett to dig quartz crystals...then retire to Jason Brim's home for a Bar B Que and general good time get-together. :D

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and then this came rolling out.. =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> (uncleaned)
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cool looking leopard pattern on this big cluster
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