[Rockhounds] New to this list :)

[Nathan Martin]

Melanie,
Welcome to the list.  It is a great resource.  Since I live in
Massachusetts, the only Montana locality I have visited is the Snowbird Mine
in Mineral County, MT.  The collecting season there runs from mid-July
through Labor day.  Very unusual minerals and magnificent scenery.  I have
pictures from two trips I made there last year on the Boston Mineral Club
website at http://www.bostonmineralclub.org/docs/2008-snowbird/page-01.htm

As far as the Walworth locality, it is operated by the Dolomite Products
Group aggregate.  They have an open house once per year, usually in early
October.  In my opinion the real prizes from there are the clear "ice-cube"
fluorite crystals.  Nearly every vug contains dolomite crystals and one can
also find calcite, selenite, sphalerite and celestite.  For photos of
minerals from the quarry go to http://www.mindat.org/gallery.php?loc=18146

Unfortunately its only open one day per year and its a long way to go from
Montana for 5 hours of collecting.

Again welcome to the Rockhounds list.

best regards,
Nate Martin
Lexington, MA





On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 12:09 PM, veganstar1208 at gmail.com <
veganstar1208 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I just randomly came across this list and am glad to have found it! I live
> near Bozeman, Montana and became interested in rockhounding ever since I
> moved here in Fall '07.  I'm not sure what sparked my interest in
> rockhounding, but I heard about the hobby somewhere and immediately bought
> the books Rockhounding Montana (Falcon Guide) and Rockin' Around Montana
> (Phil Walsh). So if you take into account the short rockhounding season
> here
> in Montana, I'm still pretty new at this. Rockhounding is a fun hobby for
> me
> since I love finding things... pretty rocks, a letterbox, sasquatch...
> (rhyming not intended). Some of the places I've been rockhounding include
> Calvert Loop, Revenue Flats, Gem Mountain, Ruby Reservoir. We'll be heading
> off somewhere today for our first rockhounding adventure this season. I'd
> love to hear what others have to say about any rockhounding sites in
> Montana
> especially the ones listed in those two books and especially ones not
> listed
> in the books ;)
>
> I came across some posts from the 2005 archive and notice there was a
> thread
> on Walworth, NY. That's actually my hometown and I was amazed to find out
> there is rockhounding to be done there. I don't go home often, but I'd
> appreciate any information regarding that quarry. Does anyone know any
> other
> sites in the Rochester/western NY region?
>
>
> Melanie
>
>
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