[Rockhounds] green county Pa.

[Dora Smith]

Don't really know - but maybe he specifically wants to know if Greene County 
quartz and calcite located near Greene County coal flouresces, and he 
already knows that Fayette County quartz and calcite flouresce because they 
and/or their coal are more wonderful?  You admit that these minerals don't 
flouresce from some locations in Pennsylvania, and maybe once he does his 
research we'll know about a third location.

Sorry, but I always love it when someone asks for something specific and all 
they can get is an argument about why they don't really want exactly what 
they asked for.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24 at yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <betdav97 at aol.com>
To: <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] green county Pa.


> Hi Steve,
>  First a question; why Greene County over Fayette County?
> Fayette has more surface mines, while the ones in Greene are
> deep mines and unless you know a miner, you won't be able to
> collect and he probably won't, as they have over things on their
> minds. The surface of Greene County is mainly the Dunkard
> Formation, which is leaning toward the Permian, surface coals are
> poor and thin. Will another area do?
>  Luzern is more in the anthracite belt, and has a lot of quartz; I've
> collected around Frackville and St. Clair, and have several
> specimens of quartz with dickite, but have never checked
> the fluorescence, but I suppose dickite may be an inhibitor.
> The coals in western Pa. are bituminous, and rarely have quartz
> associated with them. I only know of two exceptions, both in
> the Pittsburgh seam, but one was in Tucker County, WV, and
> the other in Garrett County, MD. I have quartz from both localities
> and it doesn't fluoresce.

> Dave in Monongalia County, WV
> we border on both Greene and Fayette Counties.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: steve chisarick <jar8912 at yahoo.com>
> To: rocks <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
> Sent: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 9:36 pm
> Subject: [Rockhounds] green county Pa.
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> Hi i need some calcite and quartz from green county coal area
> to see if it fluoresce
> found some in Luzern county and some fluoresce
> thanks Steve
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