[Rockhounds] giant garnets and massive kyanite photos

[Lanny]

Hi Don and all those interested,

For those who may be lost, these garnet and kyanite locations are east 
of Clarkia, Idaho up on the St. Joe River-Clearwater River divide.

On Jul 14, 2007, at 12:49 PM, DonH wrote:

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> Hi,
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> here are some photos of huge garnets and rocks rich with white kyanite 
> and andalusite.  I am trying to find these places again.
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> http://mysite.verizon.net/resqkdq4/z-easy-garnets.jpg
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> http://mysite.verizon.net/resqkdq4/z-garnet-kyanite.jpg

The above two are similar to some I've seen, but I would have to search 
a lot of notes to find them for sure. There is similar stuff along the 
Goat Mtn. road and over towards Moses Butte. (See note below the 
kyanite photo).

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> http://mysite.verizon.net/resqkdq4/z-more-garnets.jpg

This looks like stuff along the Goat Mtn. road to the north, closer to 
the 301 road.
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> http://mysite.verizon.net/resqkdq4/zbig-ky-an.jpg

Looks like the kyanite along the road just north of Goat Mtn. Outcrops 
on the grassy slopes, above and below the road. Lots of single crystals 
weathered out, lying in the road. Just north of this (I think, it might 
be south) there is a stretch of road with the rounded 1 inch garnet 
crystals lying in groups in all the little rills and gullies of the 
road. Thus they msut be in the rocks above the road, but I've never 
bothered to climb around and look (getting tired of the rounded 
garnets, where are the euhedral crystals?).
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> http://mysite.verizon.net/resqkdq4/zhugegarnet.jpg

Looks like the rounded garnets on the hip of the south side of Moses 
Butte. The rounded crystals here can be found in the rock and loose on 
the surface-up to bowling ball size.


There are a few hundred square miles of metamorphics in this area, all 
the way to Montana with garnets, kyanite, staurolite. In a few places, 
the crystals are sharp and very nice, in most areas the garnets are 
rounded and sugary. Several areas in the Freezeout to Goat Mtn. to 
Moses Butte you can pick up the rounded to occasionally sharp crystals 
lying in the road. This is why those of us in this area keep going back 
and trying it again.

Regards,

Lanny

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