Digging into Pegmatite 3.

[wilfndgold1]

Well I havent posted in awhile Ive recently moved. Plus my other pc took a dump. Now I live near Bautista canyon, Cahuilla mountain that area, (he he). Anyway tomorrow im gonna go check out a new area were theres a hell alot of pegmatite Temescal plut
on. (see photos.) Ill take pictures post them when I get back.

 

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[wilfndgold1]

I got out there today for about an hour heres pictures. The one circled in red might just be iron stained Quartz I was hoping it was something else. That piece of Mica im holding in my hand is really cool looking. I managed to pull 2 good sized rocks out I made some progress on digging deeper.

 

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[Eu_citzen]

I'd check the red circled one's top as to tell if the quartz point broke off, or if it's a flat-ish termination.
If the latter, it may be suited for further identification.

 

[wilfndgold1]

OK Thanx.

 

[wilfndgold1]

Well I went around to the side were it has all that heavy Orange, Red colors. Its mostly dirt with Peg here and there inside it you can see were I took some whacks at it with my pick. To see if maybe I can get lucky and find some pockets. As I dug further in it started to get wet and even some mud you can see the crazy colors, There is a lot of Biotite Mica in it everywere. Didnt find anything but I still have a bucket full in the garage I havent checked. I dont know if it would be a waste of time to keep diggin there since its mostly dirt?

 

[Eu_citzen]

Clay is common to find inside pockets, certainly worth giving it another go.

 

[IAMZIM]

Clay is common to find inside pockets, certainly worth giving it another go.

In the peg I am digging, whenever I start to encounter clay, especially the red clay, I start to find points, so I agree with Eu citzen! I will admit, this last weekend, I found a big pocket of red clay, and there was nothing in it, super disappointing for all the work I did, but so far I am 6 for 7 on my clay pockets producing......

 

[wilfndgold1]

Yeah Ill go back and dig just that spot and see what happens thanx you guys.

 

[IAMZIM]

I do not want you to think I am hijacking your thread, I just wanted to show you what I look for in my pegs, the pics actually did not turn out like I wanted, but I definitely wanted to show you kind of what I mean by what I find, (if that makes sense ). I tried to picture the clay here, (circled the spot in green) It is super sticky stuff, I have to soak alot of the crystals in room temp. water with a little dish soap to get the clay off the crystals. As you can see, (hopefully), I started finding some clay and it opens up into this pocket where you can kind of see crystals popping out!

(Before and after pic, before with the clay, after when the clay is mostly removed)

 

[wilfndgold1]

Rite on thanx for the info Ill take all I can get, IAMZIM.

 

[wilfndgold1]

This is all I found today . Its really blue though compared to the other finds. I didnt find it in that clay area it was inside some Quartz.

 

[MrLee]

Great! You find one, you're gonna find more. You're perseverance out there has been great to follow. Keep it up!

 

[dtinhb]

Let me know if you're ever up for some company on one of your trips, maybe I'll head out with you! Good Stuff!

 

[wilfndgold1]

Were do you live dtinhb?

 

[dtinhb]

In the OC... Garden Grove to be precise..

 

[wilfndgold1]

Its way to hot rite now ill message you when I see a cooler day coming up.

 

[dtinhb]

Yeah I know it has been... Even here in the OC!