[Rockhounds] green county Pa.

[Dora Smith]

Dave, with respect, maybe the reasons why he wants what he asked for are 
more apparent to him than to you.  But I can see that noone is going to 
persuade you that anyone could know better what they want than you do!

I am well familiar with the state of Pennsylvania.  I grew up in New York, 
my father was from Pennsylvania, his ancestors were all located in 
Pennsylvania, and I researched Pennsylvania geology, when I flew over the 
state and wanted to know what teh funny long double hills were.   But hey, 
you know better than I would.

Now can we please let the poor man finds his rocks.  No-o-o-o... probably 
not.

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

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Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] green county Pa.


Well Dora, I wasn't really trying to start an argument, so I'll try and
explain.
First Pennsylvania is a fairly large state, although not as large as
Texas and
has quite a mixture of rock, from sedimentary to metamorphic. Luzern
County is located in the north central leaning toward the eastern part;
hope that makes sense, look at a map. Greene and Fayette Counties are
located in the extreme south west corner separated by the Mon River.
The coals and strata in general take a dive when you cross the river
going
west, which makes collecting in the coals of Greene County rather
difficult.
In Luzern and other counties in that area, the coals are closer to the
surface
which allows for surface mining and makes for a lot easier collecting.
He could
just have easily have asked for calcite and quartz from Cambria,
Westmoreland
or other coal producing counties in the western part of the state.
Cambria
has many more mines than either Greene or Fayette, and most are surface
mines. I was asking for clarification, not an argument; I just figured
Steve
was not familar with the area and asked a broad question and to help,
we
may need to narrow the field so to speak. Also, there are several types
of coal
or coal seams in both Greene and Fayette. In the Luzern area you are
talking
mainly about one kind of coal only.
dave


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From: Dora Smith <tiggernut24 at yahoo.com>