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New Mexico
I have family in New Mexico and am planning a vacation to NM in May. I would like to know of any sites to find gems or minerals in this state.
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Geology of Volcanoes
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Mississippi
collection, please add it to the table above. If a new thread on Mississippi is started, it should also be added to the table. If you can help
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Colorado
Colorado/New Mexico TIP (diamonds in Colorado) Diamonds and gem stones Colorado (search) Photos
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Rockhounding for Dummies
western states: Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. Properties: Crystal System: Isometric Hardness: 2.5 - 3 Color: Copper red, brown Luster: Metallic Streak
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Articles for Rock and Gem
Welcome back Andy. We will stay away from the 4th. By the time the 4th hits here I am shut down on rockhounding. It is time for other hobby interest or trips to the Rockies where the weather is cooler. New Mexico , Colorado, or South Dakota are not a big jump.
Bill
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Treasure Hunter and WIKI Canceled!
Well this is some good news. Hopefully this site will all stay intact and we can continue on with posting our adventures, treasures, photos and friendships.
Wizard welcome back and thank you for all your advice and options you put forth to the group. You seem to be well versed and knowledgeable in the free sites such as this wiki. One thing that bothers me though is that you don't trust the information that is posted on the site. This is not the first time this has happened. Why does it take an admin to post something on a thread to mean anything? This all started with 2 emails from the moderator telling us of the TC was going to shutdown the website on Sept 30. I don't think the moderator is trying to get rid of any "slackers". He was just putting forth information he was given to the group. I presume that others like myself wrote back to the moderator asking about a migration of the site to another and other options. This was then followed up by an email to all of the members from Patty the Administrator saying that there is no need to set up another site and that this site will stay intact. These emails are sent in your profile and a notification email sent to your email you signed up with. I don’t believe there is any effort by anyone here to rid the site of "slackers". To me there are no slackers here anyway. As with every website like this, people sign up and find it interesting and participate, there are those that sign up and enjoy the site and the information and may never make a post – lucking in the shadows as I like to put it lol, and there are those that sign up that didn't think this site was for them. There is no such thing as a "slacker" in any site. continued...
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Jul 9 2009, 2:04 PM EDT by pvjjh
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Who Has Any Good Ideas for Kirsten's Next Trip?
Dan leading a trip to the diamond mines in Wyoming and the four corners area of New Mexico would also be a great show. Diamonds are a girls best friend and Dan is our resident diamond expert. He has posted about leading a trip to one of the pipes. Sounds like great fun. The Great Hoax mine could be a side trip. What do you think Dan.
Bill
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Apr 7 2009, 1:33 PM EDT by
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we might lose our cars
Here is a link to the bill that Senate has passed.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:s22es.txt.pdf
It is PDF form. I am in the process of reading it, but what I have read so far is very vague with areas of discription belonging to USFS, BLM and other land managing offices. Not all states are listed, but if they give control to the above mentioned offices, The USA will easily become one big national park. You can go out to walk, look but don't touch. Any private or mining claim land with-in this zones that they are suggesting will become part of that wilderness area. There is talk of exchanging land but once again very vague. Virginia, Oregon, New Mexico, California, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Alaska are just a few that are listed, with Virginia and Oregon having the most areas listed as part of this act. The main jest I am reading is that they are adding on to already existing fedral land but being very vague as to what control the land agencies have as far as extending it to all fedral lands. No matter wich way you look at it this is not good for the an outdoor activities type people.
Dave
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Feb 23 2009, 7:51 PM EST by
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Wet in Washington
America.....the land of the brave, and the free.
And the Buzz Killers that try to keep the poor.....poor.
You have got to fight for your right to party,
even as a Treasure Hunter or Prospector.
Besides Dave..... what you just said above
is a perfect indication that there is some truth
to what I said in my earlier post.
It's just sitting out there, and they know it.
That is why it is supposedly off limits.
But I bet the state has the place listed somewhere
on their books as a reserve which is somehow
connected with their State Treasury.
It's worth checking out before stepping on some toes.
But then again, there is always Black Hills Valley in
New Mexico........that place rocks, literally.
I hear the valley is split almost half way down the middle,
half on an indian reservation and half on public land.
It has bee estimated that the indians have collected more
Gold out of that place than Silver or Turqois but for years
they have only been selling the Silver as Jewelry.
About 10 years ago they sold off a good chunk of Gold
to Jewelry manufacturers to finance the construction of
their casinoes, hospitals, and schools, which also
included a Native American University and a Monument
to commemorate the Trail of Tears.
It's been estimated that the Gold they sold off was only
approcimately 1/10th of their actual stock pile.
And their still collecting the stuff.
I have already been there once, and I
plan to return when I am able.
I am working on building a custom motorcycle
for the trip.....that is just one place on my list of
places to revisit though.
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Jan 23 2008, 3:19 AM EST by
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Treasure Swap
Great idea. We all have lots of material from our areas and with as big a network as we have we could share the wealth so to speak. I for one love to cut new material and am always on the look out for different sources. Count me in. We could post pictures to see what we are swapping for.
Bill
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Apr 30 2008, 4:32 PM EDT by
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Tips for Newbees places to collect
I thought a thread about places to collect not in the guide books would be an interesting discussion. Most of my collecting sites are not on the tourist maps and are a lot less crowded and not as picked over. After prospecting for a while a person learns some tricks of the trade (so to speak). The first tip is to learn a little about your local geology. I not saying become a geologist but it makes a lot of sense to know if the rocks in your area a sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic. Fossils will not be found in lava,
Road cuts give a great lesson in what kind of rock is at that location. In fact road cuts can be get collecting sites but do not park on the shoulder or on an Interstate. Some states have regulations about collecting a road cut but most will allow collecting if you are not excavating. The most valuable site I ever find in Tennessee was a fresh road cut. Cuts are often temporary. The one in Tennessee was temporary because the road cut was resodded . But a large number of Sulerian fossils came from that site some are in a museum. I called the University of Alabama when I found the site because it was to important to keep all to myself. I donated a free standing crinoid attached to a brocapod to the University Museum. Add more tips and I will too.
Bill
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Feb 21 2009, 11:29 AM EST by
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Botryoidals
Increase the magnification you will see smaller cubes, Cubes neatly fill the space. No gapes. Crystals grow from super saturated water solutions. Just like the solution grown crystals that you might have been given as a child as a present. Mix with water and watch the crystals grow. You can grow salt crystals the same way. Mix with hot water until you can not add any more salt (saturated) and let it cool. It becomes super saturated. Bingo - crystals of salt. The formation of solid crystals from a homogeneous solution consists of two major stages: nucleation and crystal growth. A small nucleus slowly builds molecule upon molecule until a large crystal forms. Under the right conditions of slow growth; crystals can become huge like the selenite crystals in Mexico or the 1000 pound quartz crystal I posted. Now imagine a low temperature solution that is supersaturated. The tiny nuclei are scrambling to pack together but the conditions will not allow them to slowly form large crystals. They are compelled to fit into a space that has the the lowest surface tension. A rounded surface or a complete ball. Think of calcite in a cave. The cool saturated solution grows rounded formations like cave corals or other unique shapes that are not the classic calcite crystal. I did a study for Reynolds where I grew Aluminum Oxide crystals. I saw the same thing/ Slow growth-- well shaped crystals. More rapid growth --- rounded surfaces and nuclei clumped together. In nature growth is much slower than in a laboratory. I hope I did not muddy the water.
Summary:
1,Crystals grow from water solutions with dissolved minerals.
2, The conditions of temperature and pressure determine the habit the mineral will take.
3, Large crystals (seen with the naked eye) require a slower more ordered growth.
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