[Rockhounds] Re: South Dakota - Rapid City & Calcite vs. Devil'sTower

[Carol Carter-Wientjes]

Was Devil's Tower the famous formation that's an integral part of the movie 
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind"? Or was that something else? Guess I'm 
gonna have to go look that up now....
Carol C-W

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From: "J Bryan Kramer" <codeburner at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Re: South Dakota - Rapid City & Calcite vs. 
Devil'sTower


> Devil's Tower is cool, but it will probably be smaller than you expect. 
> They
> have a paved trail around it and I think it took us about an hour at a
> leisurely stroll  speed to walk around it.
>
> I'm going to add it for our summer mental itinerary as a spot to camp in 
> so
> I can try to get a sunset/dawn photo of it.
>
> BK
>
> On Jan 1, 2008 5:24 PM, Johan Maertens <mineral.maertens at att.net> wrote:
>
>> Thank you all for your recommendations.
>> Looks like sand calcites are off collecting limits and the geological
>> phenomenon of Devil's Tower is worth the lengthy detour.
>> I will attempt to look at the tower by satellite picture (can do
>> virtual fly-over?).
>>
>> The sand calcites at Rattlesnake Butte are on a National Natural
>> Landmark (NNL) closed to collecting.
>>
>> Johan Maertens
>> Mineral dot Maertens at att dot net
>> calcite4ever at gmail dot com
>>
>> Do you like minerals and other earth treasures?
>> Visit the Mineral Collectors Page by the Mineral Club of Antwerp at
>> http://www.minerant.org
>>
>>
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> J Bryan Kramer
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