"The NW and CA Federation of Mineralogical Societies are having a get together May 20th thru the 25th at Lassen Creek Northern CA for Obsidian. See article in the March issue newsletter of NWFMS under clubs & organizations to the left in search this site box. There is a nice map the Forest Service puts out on their site. Look up Modoc National Forest - Recreation Actives on the right hand box click on rock collecting, once there click on Obsidian Mine Map and print out.

I have collated down there for many years and know the best spots to go and how to dig them. At Lassen creek is the Electric Blue, it can be a challenge to dig that material but I will be there to show you the best way to do it. I will bring samples of rough and finished pieces of the four sites down there, plus I will be giving away some finished pieces in some type of drawing or raffle all five days of the rendezvous.

Prior to meeting at Lassen Creek on Wednesday May 19th I will be at Glass Butte digging for Fire and Flame Obsidian. Anyone who wants to join me is more than welcome. I will arrive there on Saturday May 16th in the afternoon and be there for a few days. At mile post 77 on Hi-way 20 about half way between Bend & Burns take a right over a cattle guard and stay on the main road. I will be some where eighter before the cattle pond on the right or on the hill above the pond. I drive a white Mazda pick up with a lid on the back. I have a map of Glass Butte that the BLM produced for mining claims that I can send you. It show all the roads and what type of material is there. Just send me a message with your e-mail address and I will forward it to you.

I am really looking forward to this trip. At the rendezvous there will be tailgate displays, map exhanges a great way to meet others and learn about other collecting areas.

If you have any questions or need more information just let me know.

Glen"

"Sorry this is kind of late to be posting. I upload 10 pictures in the Gallery last night of some rough material I collected on my trip. Met up with Livy and David on saturday at glass butte. Dug with them on saturday and stayed at that area on sunday and Monday also. Got some nice stuff, but really will not know for sure how good it is until I start working it.

It was really nice meeting Livy and David a great couple who are really into the rock hunting hobby.

I left glass butte on tuesday late morning and drove down to Lakeview. Stayed in a motel to get cleaned up and headed down to Lassen creek wednesday morning. Met a few people at the camp site and took them up to the Electric Blue area for some digging. Did a few test holes and settled for one that someone esle had really under cut bad. Took about a hour and half to get it squared up and ready to start digging. I was getting about 50% color, which is the best I have every done there. Usually it is one in 10 or 15 stones that will have color. The next day same hole different people on eighter side of me. I helped them more than doing any digging myself, but still came up with a few 5 gal buckets worth. On Saturday had 15 or 20 people there so did no digging myself, just helping other where I could, loaning tools, subbing rocks and looking for color, showing how to best dig and get the material out. End of the day I wound up giving away 3/4 of the stuff I had dig because others did not find any Blue or had kind of poor stuff. lots of green was showing up very little blue. Although the green can be nice also on it's own.

Any way had a great time and met alot of wonderful people. The rendezous had probably 50 or 60 people there. Hard to tell because they where coming and going all the time.

When I get some of the material worked up I will post the photo's

Glen"