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Barite-Hartsel, CO

By admin | January 25, 2009

Some very nice pieces of Barite from a difficult to locate mine in Hartsel, CO!  Many of the pieces are dark blue to light blue.  This piece is not a very good example, and getting the color to show in the photograph is a bit difficult.  There was a lot around when I was there [...]

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Ulexite-Yermo, CA

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Ulexite, also called ‘TV Stone’ since it passes light clearly in one direction is pretty neat.  The collecting area is pretty far off the road, and in an area you would NOT want to be in during a rain.  Its also near some Military training areas so you may (as we did) see some folks [...]

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Garnets-Ely, NV

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Some VERY nice Garnets from Ely Nevada.  These Garnets are a deep translucent red about the color of a good Cabernet.  They are however, very difficult to photograph so that you can see the translucence though I have tried to represent them as best I could.  This collection area is in BLM land with a [...]

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Copper Minerals-California

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Azurite, Turquoise and Chrsyocola around Mohawk Mine and Clark Mountain   Social Bookmarking

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