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I have lived in southwestern Wyoming all my life. Just a few minutes from Cedar Mountain. Probably the reason I love rocks. Over the last 3 years I have spent countless hours staring at satelite imagry, digging in anthills and getting myself unstuck after a thunderstorm. Early this spring I collected from 1000s of pyropes from 2 anthills, 2-4mm in size, but they are 20 miles from Cedar Mountain. I cant find the pipes, please help. I will post pics of my finds. I am new to the wiki and find it fabulous.
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May 25 2009, 12:15 PM EDT
"Wow thanks Dan, the topo you posted for Cedar Mountain was huge. I knew where it was within 10 seconds of viewing it. It was also a shock to my system as I have parked on top of the northern most pipe numerous times. My little ones enjoy going up there and picking up the mica that makes the mountain glisten. After google earthing the area alot better. It gave me better insight about what to look for. I know you know the area is all blue and gray making it a little more difficult to just pick them out. Especially not more then 50mya it was under water changing constantly. Your help was huge and now maybe I can find a diamond so my girlfriend doesnt think I am insain." I just placed photos in an album "Cedar Mountain" (see: http://cash-and-treasures-wiki.travelchannel.com/photos/album/109568/CEDAR+MTN+diamond+discovery%2C+WY). The photos show indicator minerals, characteristic breccia & rounded boulders in the pipe. When the first kimberlites were found in South Africa, they were thought to be dry placers because of all of the rounded boulders (something that these pipes tend to do - they round the bounders by partial assimilation in the magma during eruption. Essentially all of the kimberlites & diamondiferous lamprophyres show rounded boulders and cobbles - which I will discuss in my upcoming newsletter - (http://gemhunter.webs.com/newsletter.htm). At one time, I was shown a unusual occurrence of rounded gneiss in Tertiary rocks sout of Little America - might be another pipe in that area. Dan
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