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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Alexander County Aug 21^st, 2011 at 9:08pm	Print Post
	This rutilated quartz is from Hiddenite.� 3" long by 2.25 ".� Photo by John Frazier.
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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4203 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Alexander County Reply #1 - Jan 2^nd, 2012 at 8:21pm	Print Post
	And here are some pics I took of another fine specimen from Mr. Rutile himself, John Frazier. The specimen is also from Hiddenite, The Adams Mine.

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Alexander County Reply #2 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 9:45pm	Print Post
	One of the many beautiful tessin habit smoky quartz crystals that have come from this location.

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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Alexander County Reply #3 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 12:53pm	Print Post
	Scott nice to see the pic. of the rutilated from Alexander Co. Ruitle is one of my favorite minerals as you know.


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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Stanly County Reply #4 - Feb 3^rd, 2012 at 6:36pm	Print Post
	Hiddenite, NC Crystallized smoky quartz found in the saprolitic pegmatite that surrounds the Buffaloe Vein.

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Alexander County Reply #5 - Feb 10^th, 2012 at 6:37pm	Print Post
	Here's another partial crystal from the Buffaloe Vein pegmatite. It looks as if it were eaten by a solution that became too acidic. Perhaps heat was also a factor.

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amguy Ex Member	Re: Alexander County Reply #6 - Feb 11^th, 2012 at 9:50am	Print Post
	Looks like dissolution Nice photo, Scott!


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Dennis Senior Member Offline Beryl is good! Posts: 358 Location: Morganton, NC Joined: Oct 2^nd, 2010 Gender:	Re: Alexander County Reply #7 - Feb 11^th, 2012 at 11:01am	Print Post
	Great photo, Scott. I love the mica crystal near the top. Dennis


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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Alexander County Reply #8 - Apr 24^th, 2012 at 11:09am	Print Post
	Specimen owned and photographed by John Frazier. He explained, "This cluster is 5" by 3" from the Adams Mine at Hiddenite and came out about twenty years ago."

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Alexander County Reply #9 - Oct 7^th, 2012 at 9:16pm	Print Post
	1.5 x .6 cm I found this small tessin habit crystal surface hunting at the top of the N.A.E.M. mine.

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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Alexander County Reply #10 - Oct 8^th, 2012 at 1:44pm	Print Post
	Nice tessin, but that one of John Frazier's is AWESOME!!! I thought I had a mud-included one from there, but apparently I never got around to section of the collection. Got stuck on wanting all tessins! Argh!


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Raleigh Rockhound Senior Member Offline www.RockHoundLounge. com Posts: 352 Joined: May 14^th, 2012	Re: Alexander County Reply #11 - Oct 10^th, 2012 at 9:18am	Print Post
	Here is a piece of reticulated rutile on twin dolomite cubes, the cubes are covered by a thin calcite druzy on one side that fluoresces orange under a standard black light. http://imgur.com/6AoO6


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Jay Junior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 62 Joined: Sep 5^th, 2011	Hiddenite Emerald. Reply #12 - Sep 9^th, 2012 at 4:01pm	Print Post
	Her is a peice I brought home from Hiddenite and cracked the rock open cause it looked a little suspicious and low and behold I was right their lay a inch and a half long emerald in the matrix!!

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4203 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Hiddenite Emerald. Reply #13 - Sep 9^th, 2012 at 10:06pm	Print Post
	YOU ARE A DOG!!! Man, that's a great pic. Thanks for posting it, Jay. I saw one of the ones you posted earlier on ARH, but this one is much better and really shows what a SCHWEEEET FIND it is! Congratulations! I am very envious!!!! Joe


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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Hiddenite Emerald. Reply #14 - Sep 10^th, 2012 at 9:13am	Print Post
	Imagine the fate of that piece had you not decided to bust it open. That emerald may have remained hidden and or lost forever. Good job on that one. I wonder how many others are hidden like that in all the material people took home.

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