New Crystal pics

[kuger]

I found this metal detecting a while ago.It is gold in quartz crystal,is very,very rare,and was quite surprised to find it!!!

 

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[kuger]

Yes,I do Terry!Thanks....I never did figure why it never made banner way back when?
There was a wall of the biggest crystals you could imagine in one of the stopes of the Carson Hill Mines,I sure wished we had cameras back then!There is a fairly famous Hydro mine near Moke Hill that was mined for enormous crystals on contract to Tiffany(I beleive it was them)Mcsorely's

here ya go
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/News/Local-News/Calaveras-quartz-crystals-renowned-for-size-and-clarity

 

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[kuger]

.................I did not know this!

In the dark, rubbing two pieces of quartz crystal together can create some light, said Jeff Tolhurst, Columbia College science instructor.

 

[DesertNuggets]

Stunning.

 

[rickn1]

Sweet find, once in a lifetime. Banner material.

 

[LuckyThirteen08]

Thats just to awesome,Definitely one for the personal collection!! Thanks for sharing!!!


HH John

 

[calisdad]

Stunning.

It truely is. I'm a bit baffled as to why it never made banner myself. Not enough exposure I guess. It's far more rare and beautiful than a double eagle or $20 Liberty Head and I bet kuger wouldn't trade one for it.

 

[kuger]

Your right C.D....that is the youngun's college!Sucks I have to keep it at the bank,dont get to see her much!
I dont beleive folks ever grasped just how uber rare something like it is?

 

[Fullpan]

Thanks for posting the newspaper article, Kuger - I bought a crystal attached to a big chunk of bull quartz that was from one of the Calaveras mines. It was sold
by Hulliburton(sp?), a mineral dealer/collector. It still gets comments when someone new visits the backyard!

 

[kuger]

Holabird...out of Reno

I have some green crystals,I have always wondered about,never see any like em either?I need to post those too

 

[Fullpan]

Yeah, thats him - please find those pics and post - we'll compare, I think it might be Chlorite the green ones.

Hey was the dredger still there today? Whoever he is, deserves some kind of medal.

 

[kuger]

Yeah, thats him - please find those pics and post - we'll compare, I think it might be Chlorite the green ones.

Hey was the dredger still there today? Whoever he is, deserves some kind of medal.

I know right where one is....will take pics tonight!

I havent been back that way.......sure was not trying to hide!!

 

[Oakview2]

Just nominated it again. Hope someone out there appreciated the rarity. You would sooner win the lottery ten weeks in a row, than find another.

 

[Fullpan]

I just nominated it again - when entering my reasons, said... "been to many rock and gem shows, including Tucson and geological gatherings/seminars - never seen anything like it.

 

[Jim Hemmingway]

Hello Kuger... sorry about being so backwards reading these older posts. But better late than never, and we biologists must stick together on such matters eh?

I just now gave this rare and altogether lovely mineral specimen a well-deserved Banner nomination. Let's keep our fingers crossed!!!

Jim.

 

[delnorter]

Banner all the way Kuger. A thing of beauty.

Mike

 

[Lanny in AB]

Fantastic find Kuger--freakin' stunningly beautiful!!

All the best,

Lanny

Banner vote from me!!

 

[Lanny in AB]

Kuger, you may remember I posted picks of your paydirt that had many quartz crystals (sans gold) just like yours but in the TINIEST version. Most were not even visible without a mineral scope. I also found wet clay here in a Cavaleras County gold mine that had HUNDREDS of broken Q crystals in only a few grams of material. How do I vote banner? TTC

Top, right-hand corner of the frame where his crystal pictures are, there's a reddish, rectangular button that says "nominate banner". Hit it, and it will open a text box for you to enter your reasons why you think it should go banner.

All the best Terry,

Lanny

 

[vini]

FYI kuger a friend of mine found crystals like that up above sonora he then found a vein that he worked underground for I think 15-20 years P

 

[MrLee]

Nominated. What more can be said other than you are a lucky man.

 

[kuger]

Here are some green ones