I went through a phase where I was obsessed with asterism in gemstones, would love to find one myself (which I'd pretty much have to do because they're on the costly side!).
Garnets are fairly common in the right kinds of geology. At the Montana claim, it's from some precambrian gneiss / schist (2.5 billion years old). At the ID claims its from Granodiorite / Limestone skarn. Don't have any at the Oregon Claims, but there's an outcrop with them on Mt Ashland, Coffee Creek / S. Umpqua / Cow Creek in SW OR. Anyplace with granite type rocks and you've got a chance of finding some. I like going to Philipsburg Montana and digging sapphires at Gem Mountain (west of Butte), always a good time!
I love Carnelian and I love Fall Creek. I just didn’t know they went together til you posted about them sometime in the past. I have a very old bracelet of seed pearls and very small carved Carnelian elephants from my first husband‘s grandmother. For some reason I think that the carnelian is from Estonia or somewhere around there. It could be I’m confused because of the garnets she gave me from around there.
You bet Judit, the Cascade foothills are loaded w/ different types of quartz / agate / petrified wood, in the old days you could walk clear cuts and find the hot spots, these days everything is gated up! If you try to find the old favorite places like the "Holley Blue" spot, you'll get arrested!!!
Me and My Nephew hiked the Mist Trail to the top of Vernal Falls last week... he's only 10, plus it was his first time in Yosemite, so it was a pretty big deal.
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Fairburn Agate I bought for a
Fairburn Agate I bought for a friend who collects rocks with
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From Oregon with Luv;
From Oregon with Luv;
Fall Creek Carnelian, Calapooia Bird Points, Idaho Star Garnet, Josephine County Gold
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woah guys its getting a
woah guys its getting a little too heady in here lets simmer down
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Very soon, very soon ...:)
Very soon, very soon ...:)
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Love it, Cumberlyn!
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Thanks, I always loved the
Thanks, I always loved the fun threads ...:)
Keep cool out there, it's a scorcher !!
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Great stuff folks. Keep it
Great stuff folks. Keep it coming!
Thailand 2007
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Same as last week, only two keepers all day
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Blue Claws are the tastiest.
Blue Claws are the tastiest.
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My view from the pool...yesterday
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Nice, Noods! Did you find the
Nice, Noods! Did you find the star garnets and points yourself? Way cool!
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Found all of them except the
Found all of them except the star garnets (my buddy Kirk found those), but i've got lots of garnets on the Montana claim
(garnet, chalcopyrite, gold)
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I see gemmy red garnets and
I see gemmy red garnets and gold!
I went through a phase where I was obsessed with asterism in gemstones, would love to find one myself (which I'd pretty much have to do because they're on the costly side!).
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Garnets are fairly common in
Garnets are fairly common in the right kinds of geology. At the Montana claim, it's from some precambrian gneiss / schist (2.5 billion years old). At the ID claims its from Granodiorite / Limestone skarn. Don't have any at the Oregon Claims, but there's an outcrop with them on Mt Ashland, Coffee Creek / S. Umpqua / Cow Creek in SW OR. Anyplace with granite type rocks and you've got a chance of finding some. I like going to Philipsburg Montana and digging sapphires at Gem Mountain (west of Butte), always a good time!
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And can't talk about "Love
And can't talk about "Love and Light" without Oregon Sunstones (from near Plush, where there's areas open to collecting)
Oregon Sunstones
Sunstones in Matrix (Basalt)
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Are those Montana sapphires
Are those Montana sapphires in the vial up top? Coolness!
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Yep, from Gem Mountain in
Yep, from Gem Mountain in Philipsburg
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Loving the rockhound
Loving the rockhound inspiration!
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Fall Creek Carnelian (Lane
Fall Creek Carnelian (Lane County Oregon)
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Fall Creek Faves
Fall Creek Faves
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Some of the non-carnelian
Some of the non-carnelian agates from Fall Creek Res, SE of Eugene Oregonia
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I love Carnelian and I love
I love Carnelian and I love Fall Creek. I just didn’t know they went together til you posted about them sometime in the past. I have a very old bracelet of seed pearls and very small carved Carnelian elephants from my first husband‘s grandmother. For some reason I think that the carnelian is from Estonia or somewhere around there. It could be I’m confused because of the garnets she gave me from around there.
Thanks for these pictures and descriptions.
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You bet Judit, the Cascade
You bet Judit, the Cascade foothills are loaded w/ different types of quartz / agate / petrified wood, in the old days you could walk clear cuts and find the hot spots, these days everything is gated up! If you try to find the old favorite places like the "Holley Blue" spot, you'll get arrested!!!
Holley Blue Agate, Linn County Oregon
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Quartz Flowers, Linn County
Quartz Flowers, Linn County Oregon (by McDowell Creek Falls), site now dug out
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Like the face in the third
Like the face in the third pic back.
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Me and My Nephew hiked the
Me and My Nephew hiked the Mist Trail to the top of Vernal Falls last week... he's only 10, plus it was his first time in Yosemite, so it was a pretty big deal.