[Rockhounds] New find of Avant Wavellite

[Stu Schmitt]

Some of the yellow (pale green) seems to fluoresce a yellow or green.  One 
piece showed a band just below the surface that fluoresced.  It looked like 
a curvy highway along the broken edge of the balls.  I'll try to get a 
picture of it.  We're still trimming, cleaning (cold soak in oxalic for a 
couple hours), grading and deciding how to price it.  Art Smith is working 
on an article for Rock & Minerals Mag about our Avant digs.  Ray McGrew (my 
mining partner) and Judy Morton will have a bunch of it at Quartzsite and 
Tucson next year.  Will let you know when I get the web page history up.

With appreciation & gratitude,
Stuart Schmitt
Clear Creek Crystal Mine
www.arcrystalmine.com
60 Mary's Eagle Trail
Mount Ida, AR 71957
(870) 867-2443
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From: <betdav97 at aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] New find of Avant Wavellite


> Hi Stuart,
>  Nice pictures, I also spoke to another gentleman about the
> new find; he said some of it fluoresced. Is that true?
> Thanks,
> Dave
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