[Rockhounds] Old Gold: Need small, reasonably priced mineral sample.

[Lanny R]

Hi Tim & Julie,

Unless there is a site I don't know about, the fee quartz digging is a  
long way from Crystal Peak. The one I know of is on O'Donnell Creek  
way east of Clarkia, Idaho in Fooldwood State Forest area. I don't  
think there is a fee operation on it anymore. It comes and goes.  
Anyone have any current information?

I've seen specimens from some other quartz site, usually given as  
"Clarkia." Suggestions are that it is actually up on Crystal Peak. If  
there really is a quartz location hiding on Crystal Peak, it would  
make more sense to label it as "Santa." These specimens are nothing  
like those from O'Donnell Creek (1 inch or so colorless singles and  
abundant on matrix for O'Donnell Creek, and larger milky to somewhat  
clear crystals in clusters from "Clarkia.")

Regards,

Lanny


On May 9, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Tim Fisher wrote:

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> There is a fee dig near Crystal Peak for quartz run by a
> miner from Clarkia(?). Lanny knows more.
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> At 12:01 PM 5/9/2008, you wrote:
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> lol - Yeah, John meant Crystal
> Park. We have a {quot}Crystal Peak{quot} (with no apparent crystals)
> about 8 miles from here, and so we get 'em mixed up.
>
> Tim Fisher
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