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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Introduction Jun 15^th, 2011 at 5:19pm	Print Post
	My name is John Frazier. I have been collecting for about 40 plus years. Main interest include: minerals of NC, garnets, inclusions in crystals, meteorites and natural history in general. I grew up in Randleman, NC. But I live in Lenoir, NC. Since I retired, I work for a gem dealer from Atlanta part time plus help my Mom with her gem and mineral shop in Banner Elk, NC. I am normally in Raleigh for the club show each year.


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4211 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Introduction Reply #1 - Jun 15^th, 2011 at 10:13pm	Print Post
	Welcome John, Glad to have you aboard! Hope to see some pics of those NC minerals you have and the Garnets sound interesting too. I didn't know you were from Randleman. I'm still kicking myself for not getting down there when they were building the new dam(n), but the Tar Heel club is doing a fieldtrip to one of the old abandoned quarries in that area Sat., June 25. I'll have to get you an exact location, but any ideas what to be looking for in quarries there? Joe


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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2975 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Introduction Reply #2 - Jun 16^th, 2011 at 9:08am	Print Post
	Welcome John. I've always had a very strong interest in meteorites myself, even buying a book that indicated strewn fields. However, I've never found the time or to go looking for any myself. I would purchase one, but I would have one that I found myself. Well, glad to have you at the RHL. Looking forward to seeing some pictures of things you have collected in the last 40 years! Scott

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dave Full Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 247 Joined: Oct 4^th, 2010	Re: Introduction Reply #3 - Jun 16^th, 2011 at 12:40pm	Print Post
	btw Scott...I came home with a small baggie of L4 Chondrite Meteorites from Gold Basin, AZ. I personally found 2 while I was out there and my dad gave me some of his. I'm sure there's one in there somewhere with your name on it. -Dave


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Introduction Reply #4 - Jun 16^th, 2011 at 5:33pm	Print Post
	Dave would like to hear more about your hunt at Gold Basin. I have always wanted to go on a hunt at Gold Basin. I am at the Tucson Show each year but never seem to have time after the show to go on a hunt. I am going to attach a pic of a thin section of Gold Basin under polarized light. In addition to meteorites, I also collect thin sections to study and just enjoy their beauty.

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2975 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Introduction Reply #5 - Jun 16^th, 2011 at 10:36pm	Print Post
	I can see why. That thin section has a lot going on. That would look great on my wall.

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4211 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Introduction Reply #6 - Jun 17^th, 2011 at 7:19am	Print Post
	That's one way to "cut-down" the size of your collection! Sorry, I just had to. Joe


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dave Full Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 247 Joined: Oct 4^th, 2010	Re: Introduction Reply #7 - Jun 17^th, 2011 at 8:14am	Print Post
	John, That's incredible! As far as the hunt, don't have much to report. The main goal of trips to Gold Basin are for gold. My first trip there back in hmm...2006 maybe?...yielded my first gold nugget with a metal detector, a 1.34 gram piece. At the time I wouldn't have been surprised if I threw away a "hot rock" or two. Since that time, my dad has swing over 20 or so meteorites. This last trip I was swinging a detector for 2 hours or so and came across 2 small ones (havn't weighed yet) The one I have is very interesting, it has visible nickel, fusion crust and some chondrites, but there are also what appear to be quartz or feldspar fused to it, I assume from the impact. I'll hold onto these and hope to run into you soon. I've got one that looks,feels,and has to be a meteorite, but it has a different look than any of the other ones we've found there. My dad said he thought he had read some literature on speculation of a 2nd event (different type) out there at Gold Basin, but I havn't researched it yet. Do you have any NC meteorites? read once about a field down by Bragg/Fayetteville. -Dave


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dave Full Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 247 Joined: Oct 4^th, 2010	Re: Introduction Reply #8 - Jun 17^th, 2011 at 8:16am	Print Post
	btw...the rock shop..is that the little bear? I've always wanted to stop in there, I hear there's some nice older NC material stashed away. Lots of old crabtree maybe? I was in school in Boone and drove past the sign several times, its tucked away off of 194 right? -Dave


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Introduction Reply #9 - Jun 17^th, 2011 at 9:42pm	Print Post
	Dave it is Little Bear Rock Shop / Sheer Bliss. We do have some interesting NC specimens. Something that we just got is a set of bookends made out of Crabtree material. Don't think I have ever seen another set of bookends made out of Emeralds in matrix. Hope you will get to visit the shop. You will enjoy my Mom. She is really an amazing person and one of the great gifts in my life.


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Introduction Reply #10 - Jun 20^th, 2011 at 12:38pm	Print Post
	Dave, I do have three NC meteorites. They are hard to come by as most are in collections for museums. I have Monroe, Castalia and Farmville. Monroe is fairly easy to get but Castalia and Farmville are hard to get. My Farmville came from the Smithsonian via a trade to another collector that sold some slices. We have not had a meteorite found in NC since the 1930s.


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