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UNIDENTIFIED - Extracting garnets from a mica schist To quote from Monty Python "and now for something completely different" I had some time last week and decided to finally find out how hard it is to extract garnets from a mica schist This is from material I collected from an old mine in South Dakota a few years ago It turns out it wasn't
Is this nephrite I found in southern Oregon? | TreasureNet. com Nephrite Jade can be found in SW Oregon I have found samples near the mouth of both the Rogue and Chetco rivers While the pics provided are helpful, the descriptive of it feeling waxy likely narrows it down to the suspected Nephrite and higher quality Serpentine A local rockhound or lapidary with experience in both jade and serpentine should get you a definitive answer I should add that I
Help with treasure shipwrecks from 1502 | TreasureNet. com I found some entries that the following treasure ships were lost in the waters of Hispaniola Island also in 1502 - "La Santa Rosa" with bronze cannons, 1,2 million in gold, 300,000 in silver and small chest of gems, then the ship "El Julio", lost with bronze cannons, 750,000 in gold, 200,000 in rare gems and art objects and finally the ship "El
Otto, North Carolina | TreasureNet. com Rock hounding for gems and minerals, panning or prospecting for gold, treasure hunting for coins, jewelry and gold nuggets, are popular hobbies in North Carolina North Carolina’s gold region includes gem stones such as rubies, sapphires, garnets, and emeralds A diamond is occasionally found
Mission impossible. | TreasureNet. com I know this will be next to impossible to truly ID just from my lousy pics and info But, heck, what's life without a challenge :) First a little background I eyeballed this from about 50 feet away, (it might be more impressive when you see how small :) ) The sun was reflecting on it in that
Cleaning with Muriatic Acid | TreasureNet. com Good afternoon I have a lot of pyrite specimens I have collected over the years and want to clean them I've read up on the cleaning process by using Muriatic Acid, however, some say to dilute in 2 parts water 1 part Acid, and then some articles say not to dilute Any words of advice would
difference in flint agate? | TreasureNet. com I have some flint from WYO, S D I also have a lot of agate The flint I have looks a lot like agate, especially moss agate So my understanding is flint is sedimentary agate is metamorphic Is this correct? It's hard for me to fathom 2 rocks that look so much a like have such different
looking for places for gold | TreasureNet. com if anyone could help me! i am looking for creeks mines and such for gold and gems if anyone has any info please let me know!! it would be grealty appretiated!! thanks petrie
Pretty Agates. . . whats the best way to polish them? - TreasureNet If you're in the Albuquerque area there is a huge jewelry supply house called Rio Grande and they also sell some lapidary equipment Local rock shops sometimes have good deals on them when they feel they need to move some merchandise quickly The tumblers they have will be better quality than the Harbor Freight ones but more costly Of course there are many good used units available on ebay
Gold Magic Spiral Wheel? | TreasureNet. com Works for gems as well by using a flatter angle It is light to carry and will run for a long time on the battery I put a new (bigger) battery in it about a year ago Much faster then a pan for testing or for clean up Tried it a few times running without water and it did ok In the desert where it is real dry would do well I think