[Rockhounds] Garnet Hill, Nevada

[Dean Welder]

I have been there, once. 

The garnets are (IMO) nicely shaped and rather large size with good natural facets; but, they are not of gem quality, more like specimen types. The better finds are cabinet-specimen size chunks of the host (a very light pink colored rhyolite) material with attached garnets. We didn't do any rock-busting collecting, we got lucky and arrived soon after a short-but-heavy thunderstorm and only did simple surface collecting.

I repeat was I was told: Don't make it a special destination; but, if Garnet Hill is not terribly far out of the way it makes a good stop during an otherwise painful drive ;-). 

Dean




--- On Wed, 5/21/08, Charles Baran <kcbaran at arczip.com> wrote:

> From: Charles Baran <kcbaran at arczip.com>
> Subject: [Rockhounds] Garnet Hill, Nevada
> To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
> Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 11:16 PM
> Friends:  Kathy and I are going to take a driving trip from
> Washington 
> State to Nevada in July and plan on stopping at Garnet Hill
> .  We have 
> never been there.  My question is:  Is it worth the trip? 
> Are nice, 
> gemmy garnets available?  What size?  What type of  tools
> should we 
> take?  What should we look for?  I thank you all very much.
> 
> Chuck Baran
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