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

[J Bryan Kramer]

Yes it was.

BK

On Jan 1, 2008 6:47 PM, Carol Carter-Wientjes <lavenderfish at cox.net> wrote:

> 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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> 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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-- 
"I know I shall be castigated by a large group of people today, but I
was trained to assume that art related to the elusive quality of beauty and
that the purpose of art was concerned with the elevation of the spirit"
Ansel Adams


J Bryan Kramer
North Florida, USA
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