"I made a fast trip to Hot Springs Arkansas this last weekend. My niece was having open heart surgery. Every thing went well and she is recovering fine. Billie and I could not resist a new road cut near Silver, Arkansas on HWY 70 west of Hot Springs. The highway department is building a new bridge at Lake Ouachita. It was a great find, We picked up a great deal of Rhomboid shaped calcite crystals with some nice Quartz crystals embedded in the calcite. We were just a few mile from Mt Ida which is the quartz crystal capital of the US. If you have never been there and you are traveling through the state it is a must stop. There are a number of fee mines in the area and I know a few spots not on the fee circuit. Massive gem quality crystals have come from this area. If there are some mid west folks on the WIKI maybe we could explore for treasures? Tom you are coming this way soon?
Bill "