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Amethyst
If I missed your amethyst content, put a link to it in the right hand column of the table. Any ideas, information what ever. Thanks.
~Zeke
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Aug 1 2009, 10:12 PM EDT by
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bc amethyst
here are some pics of some amethyst. I got them from a friend from our rock club--Abby Rock n Gem Club. They were discovered near Quesnel, BC.
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Oct 30 2009, 2:30 AM EDT by
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Hansen creek wa
Just got back from Hansen creek lower dig site today and found some new interesting stuff that I didn't know was there. One small almost perfect cube(1/4") geothite pseudomorphed after pyrite and one broken one that would have been 3/4" with a single crystal growing out of it. And also just above the hole I was digging in was a clay concretion laying under a large rock. I'll post pictures later but I was wondering if anyone has ever found anything like that up there. Also found some more amethyst crystals but not as large as my last one. Thanks all.
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Sep 28 2009, 11:43 PM EDT by
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Well I Answered Some Threads..
Now I'll take a shot at Posting one of my own threads.. I wanted to talk about an article in NOV 2008 "Rock & Gem" Magazine.. (Faded Glory) I have always been a firm believer in the proper care of your minerals and mainly your crystals.. I have told many ppl "Do not place your minerals in the sunlight" and the Article clear discussed this point.. Not only did it speak about the fading of your minerals and crystals.. but once the minerals have faded.. some would be heat treated to assume a new role in life.. The pale Amethyst (once heat treated) now becomes a Orange Citirine. So the old saying holds true.. "Buyer Beware"
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Dec 16 2008, 9:46 PM EST by
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traveling to Arkansas.
The weekend was great. I found a amethyst agate that weighed 10 pounds at the diamond mine, lots of jasper and other agates. The amethyst was one of the best finds I have found at the mine, They sometimes have vugs lined with rich purple quartz crystals. I have not cut it yet.. No diamonds. A dog found a 1.3 carat diamond. His owner said he had something in his mouth and when he took the stone out , it was a diamond. We stopped at Weger Mine in Mt Ida and found the famous Blue Phantom Quartz with inclusions.( Bob) , Richard, the owner, said that he knew you and that you have been there before. He said to tell you to come back soon. He is opening a new mine and said that it will be open to the general public. It currently is open to groups. The best finds were at the Wavelite mines. Incredible specimens. The Avant mine owners donated a flat of cleaned crystal points to give to school children for educational purposes (Ricchard Weger also donated a flat.) My friend Lowell is retired from NASA but stays busy. He teaches earth science (like you - Bob) and has a package of minerals he gives the children. Billie also volunteers to teach in the local schools. I will post some pictures
Bill
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Jun 3 2009, 8:00 AM EDT by
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treaure huntin
"wantin to go treasure huntin on 2/09. in metro atlanta.any one want to join me or any good suggestions?" Try Dahlonega, Georgia Just 60 miles north of downtown Atlanta. Dahlonega was the site of the first gold Rush in the USA. A US mint was established at Dahlonega and there are mine tours and gold panning attractions. Dahlonega and Lumpkin County have been recognized as "the heart of Georgia Wine Country." The county features three vineyards and wineries that attract many tourists. The Dahlonega Square is a popular tourist destination with gift shops, restaurants, art galleries and artists' studios. Check out the following gold mines:
http://www.consolidatedgoldmine.com/
http://www.crissongoldmine.com/
Crisson Gold Mine also has Gem Stone grubbing. You can find rubies, emeralds, sapphires, crystals, amethysts, garnets, and many more. It is a pleasant drive though the Appalachians which takes about a hour. Short day trip. You will go home with goodies.
Bill
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Feb 7 2009, 8:07 PM EST by
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Gem Mountain
we had a great time there for our anniversary, we had gotten amethyst cut for our anniversary we are now looking for some mountings to them set in cant wait.
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Jan 13 2008, 10:19 PM EST by
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Central Oregon Coast Area
I don't have much to offer for that area. I did stop on the waterfront in Lincoln city and found agate pebbles in the creek that meets the beach there. It was easy and fun. I found a small "amethyst agate" as well.
~Zeke
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Oct 5 2009, 7:01 PM EDT by
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family friendly hunting
I'm looking for family friendly sites to do a little rock hounding with our 5 year old duaghter. We live in Minneasota but have car trips planned for Oklahoma City and Black Hills/Badlands this summer. She absolutely loved our trip to ThunderBay for Amethyst last summer. We are pretty open to what to look for, it just needs to be safe and easy enough for a young child.
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Jun 16 2009, 2:32 PM EDT by
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New to site.....
Hello rockhounds and Treasure Hunters....I am new to this site and thought I'd come in and see if there are others from Northeastern Wisconsin and to say "Hello" to all. I have around 5 acres of property with a gravel pit located on this land....it keeps me busy. Thus far I've found garnets, a real nice sized Geode with amethyst in it, and lots of things I'm unaware of what they are thus far. I read alot on minerals and gems and I think I often "over read" and then get confused when I look in the pan with my loop. I hear there are diamonds around here, placer gold, garnets, rubies, sapphire, opal, fresh water pearl. I enjoy the relaxation it provides and reading about it is fun too. Any members from Wisconsin who are interested in sharing their finds, discussing the possibilities, etc., I will welcome. Again, "Hello to all"!
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May 4 2009, 9:52 PM EDT by
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How do I get the cash for my panned gems?
Well, the first question would be what gems do you have, and if you have any precious stones, how clear and how large are they?
The real truth is that unless you have clear, gem quality precious stones such as emeralds, rubies and sapphires, your gemstones are probably not worth much money at all. It costs money to have the stones cut (faceted), and especially with the semiprecious stones you may find that the cost of faceting is going to be a majority of the cost of the finished stone. Of course, this is dependent on the 4 C's (just like diamonds)...carat (size/weight), color, clarity, cut.
eBay has an auction from seller tinytreasuresgems offering a lot of rough gemstones for faceting or cabbing. The seller is offering a mixed lot of amethyst, aquamarine, citrine, garnet, flame opal, peridot, sunstone, tourmaline and topaz, graded very clean facet grade to semi clean facet grade to cab grade, assorted colors, each piece ranging in size from 2+ carats to 25+ carats, with the total lot being 450 carats. You can "Buy It Now" for only $48.95 plus $6.95 shipping.
Now, what you found may be worth more or less, but it's very dependent on exactly what stones you have and the 4C's...which will determine the value of the gems that could be cut from them. If you found some clean gem grade emeralds, rubies, or sapphires, your finds may be worth some real money. Otherwise, you might very likely have less than $100 worth of material in your possession. You need to find someone (probably a hobbyist/rockhound) in your local area that can look at your stones and determine if you have anything of real value. Where are you located? Maybe I can help you find someone to assess your stones.
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Mar 3 2008, 10:58 AM EST by
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Really Big Shoe
Billie and I had a great time working Billie's booth at the War Eagle Arts and Crafts Fair, 250 thousand at the show. I posted some of our items we made and were for sale. Especially look at the agate, Peacock Labradorite, the heliotrope, unakite, garnet, citrine, amethyst, jade, ocean jasper, carnelian, pearl, etc. I also have two pictures of new sites I have recently discovered. One is Breccia Jasper from near Eureka Springs and the other is a crinoid coquina blue jasper/ We cut, polish, silversmith and silver wire sculpture.
Bill
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Oct 18 2009, 11:47 PM EDT by
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Cindy's Question Marketing
You are honest. That is why I do not facet. No offence to those who do. When I go to a show there are table after table of faceted stones from overseas. At 10 cents an hour paid to people in India and other countries for faceting there is no way I could sell my faceted stones. One exception would be specialty stones not common to the market. Stones like Oregon Sun Stone, Arkansas Diamonds. Carolina Emeralds or Sapphires, Russian Amethyst, and other hard to get material. Blue topaz, lab rubies, garnets, citrine, light amethyst, smokey quartz, rock crystal, can be found in abundance. The same is true with cabochons, If it can be bought at WAl MART or on the Television - do not bother. Everybody and her sister will have one.
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Apr 27 2009, 1:21 PM EDT by
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"If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them"
There as many treatments done to rocks, minerals, and gems. Mostly to bring out or enhance the beauty of the material or actually change the color. Gems are most often treated by some sort or another. Be it heated as with Sapphires, Tansinite, Benitoite, to mention a few, Topaz is irradiated, Emeralds are oiled and the list goes on and on. Amethyst is heated to produce a deeper colored Citrine. (Natural Citrine is generally pale yellow.) I guess my question would be was the crystal worth more as an Amethyst or as a heat treated Citrine. As I recall, Rock and Gem had an article in a past issue on quartz and if left in the sun the colors can change or fade. Interesting stuff. I am sure there are lot more minerals, rocks and gems that can be adversely affected by different environmental conditions.
Of course this brings up the age old debate: does any treatment of a stone (all inclusvie) increase, decrease or make no change in the stones value. When purchasing stones the seller is suppose to reveal if the stone has been treated or not. But do they always?? Another nasty question. lol
I look forward to more insites, adventures and pictures of rocks and minerals, Wizard, welcome back.
Paul
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Jan 20 2009, 2:16 PM EST by
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Pyrite
"Thanks to everyone for all the good info! I do appreciate it, and I'm sorry to say, that I think all I have is pyrite! oh well...happy hunting!
" Interesting enough pyrite is sold in jewelry and is called by t stores as Marcasite. Marcasite is similar to pyrite but it is not chemically stable. When exposed to air and moisture it sometimes decays into sulfuric acid. It will destroy the specimens in a case. I have a friend who wrapped marcacite in jewelry and ruined the silver. Marcasite often has a sulfur smell and crumbles more easily than pyrite. Marasite is not used in jewelry despite the name in the jewelry store. The same is true of many gemstones. Sunstone is fieldspar but the "sunstone" name sounds more expensive. Jasper is a catch all term for impure silica from colored cherts to opaque chalcedony. Green turquoise is generally varasite and not turquoise. Colored quartz crystal has a half dozen jewelry names from amethysts to rose quartz. Jewelry stores often call banded calcite or aragonite "onyx". Although true onyx is a chalcedony often used to carve cameos. Believe it or not Jade is a name for two completely different minerals. All kinds of colorful names are given to gemstomes that have no relationship to what the stone is. There is paint rock, picture jasper, tanzanite, moonstone, blood stone, wonder stone, Picasso stone, petoskey stone, mozarite, pom pom agate, Mexican lace agate (which is not in the scientific sense of the term an agate at all)and the list goes on. So you see there is a lot of "Fools Gold" other than pyrite. Hope you find a wash bucket full of real gold.
Bill
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Sep 8 2008, 1:36 PM EDT by
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Rose Creek Mine
My wife and I stopped here with my parents en route to visit her parents in Florida. We only stayed about two hours and came away with about twenty nice specimens each including ruby, sapphire, moonstone, topaz, amethyst, rhodolite garnet, and even a couple tiny emerald shards. We didn't see anyone using the salted buckets, but we came away pretty psyched.
On the way back from Florida we decided to stop again and were glad we had the chance. We didn't find as much, but a teenage girl upstream of me on the sluice got one of the "Mega" salted buckets. There was so much stuff in that bucket of hers that I was finding stuff in the sluice. I tried giving it back but she didn't want it. I might try one of those next time for amusement.
I will say that we're already planning how to get back to Franklin, NC. We did try to find the $30 a day Mason Mine which is supposedly near Rose Creek but we couldn't find it. I want to try some of the other mines, too. That said, we'll probably at least stop by Rose Creek Mine because we had a good time and it was pretty laid back and fun.
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Jul 26 2009, 11:25 PM EDT by
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Finding Treasure Near You
"How do you find out where you can "treasure hunt" in a place near you? I live in Washington State and want to find somewhere I can look for gems! But I don't know where to begin." Greetings ZiaC, there isn't a lot of gems in the state to search for. Howeveer there are garnets, amethyst, tourmalline and some other unique crystals. There are places to go fairly close to the state. Candy Mountion in BC, Emerald Creek for Star Garnets in ID, Sapphires in MT, sunstones and more in OR.
There are various publications you may want to pick up and sites to check. The thread Wet in Washington is full of info.
http://www.mineralcouncil.org/index.htm
http://www.washingtonminerals.com/
http://home.comcast.net/~wams1939/links.htm
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/geology/clubs.htm
http://www.mineralcouncil.org/club.htm
http://www.geologyadventures.com/index.shtml (guided tours)
Let us now your general location and maybe we can help you find a place close to your home. Paul
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Jun 25 2008, 11:31 AM EDT by
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The first rockhound?
"Okay, I was kind of not paying attention in church Sunday. I looked in the reference section and what did I find? Isaiah 54:12 I guess this vindicates all the agate threads. .
He says , "I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones." How 'bout that!
Pam" It is interesting to note that diamond is not one of the 12 foundation stones of the Heavenly City but the gemstones most rockhounds go after are: jaspers, carnelian, banded agate (sardonyx), red jasper, chrysopase (green chalcedony) and chalcedony. Throw in some facetting gems: sapphire, emerald, beryl, topaz, amethyst and peridot. Agates are made up of chalcedony which is the bulk of the foundation stones. So us rockhound will have plenty to collect in heaven
NIV - Foundation Stones
1 Jasper
2.sapphire
3. chalcedony
4. emerald
5.sardonyx (banded agate)
6.carnelian
7. chrysolite (golden peridot)
8.beryl
9. topaz
10. chrysoprase (green chalcedony)
11. jacinth (type of red jasper)
12.amethyst
And of course a Gates of Pearl
Bill
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Jun 16 2008, 11:01 PM EDT by
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Connecticut
I am looking to find people who are interested in finding gem stones. I would definitely be up for looking for gold, but I know a few places to find different types of rocks like Amethyst, garnet, and diffrent color Quartzite. Would you guys be interested?
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Jan 7 2008, 4:55 PM EST by
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marketing
Not sure what I did I am just a person who decided to market some gems. If I can't market gems then just let me know I don't want to cause problems.I have 25 carats of topaz,citrine,amethyst,garnets. I am not commercial just trying to figure out away to sale so I can buy more.Guess I sept on toes.
walrusworldstudios sent me a warning then #1brave threaten me with deleting my photo.I apologise for anything I did wrong.Cindy
email:seasons@buckeye-express.com
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Apr 26 2009, 6:24 PM EDT by
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