[Rockhounds] RE: Rockhounds Digest, Vol 54, Issue 14

[David Goza]

Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:00:22 -0800From: rockhounds-request at lists.drizzle.comSubject: Rockhounds Digest, Vol 54, Issue 14To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
 
It was a real pleasure to read this, Earl.
 
David GozaOn Friday, Nov 14, 2008, at 20:47 America/Detroit, Earl R. Verbeek wrote: > Yes, that's correct. If you go to this mine, think "rock specimens" as> opposed to "mineral specimens". The rock is spectacular, though. > Imagine> numerous baseball-sized crystals of red garnet surrounded by a > reaction rim> of black amphibole embedded in amphibole-feldspar gneiss. Damn this > stuff> is good! But I'm a geologist and get excited about such things. A > mineral> collector fixated on free-standing, gem-quality crystals -- that is, on> mineral aesthetics -- probably wouldn't find much of interest here, > but if> you are a *true* lover of minerals and get just as excited about a > black> lump of metamict euxenite as you would from a transparent tourmaline> crystal, this is a locality you'll love. Go!!>> Cheers- Earl Verbeek  
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