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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Watauga County Oct 20^th, 2011 at 8:54pm	Print Post
	John collected these and many more during the late 80's to 90's from Blowing Rock, NC.� Notice the smoky phantoms in the first picture 3.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm.� The second is a very nice cluster of transitional habit crystals (transitioning between normal and tessin habit).� The largest crystal in the cluster is 3 cm long.�

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Watauga County Reply #1 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 9:19pm	Print Post
	Hmmmm......., Very Nice!


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Anthony Michniak YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 3 Joined: Mar 20^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Watauga County Reply #2 - Mar 26^th, 2014 at 6:35pm	Print Post
	I've heard many stories about a couple spots out toward blowing rock. the most common one cropping up is being able to mine pyrite cubes right off 321 (coming from boone) where they have done some blasting right on the side of the road


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Raleigh Rockhound Senior Member Offline www.RockHoundLounge. com Posts: 352 Joined: May 14^th, 2012	Re: Watauga County Reply #3 - Mar 27^th, 2014 at 9:02am	Print Post
	Do you know anything about the kyanite on bamboo drive anthony? I spent a few years in boone and still go up a bit to see friends.


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dave Full Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 247 Joined: Oct 4^th, 2010	Re: Watauga County Reply #4 - Mar 27^th, 2014 at 9:33am	Print Post
	there's kyanite in howard's creek but i couldnt find much of it, and what i did find was very poor grade. One of these days i'll get around to taking photos of some quartz crystals i scored out of a road bank that eroded during the 2004 hurricanes. It was up near grandfather. There certainly is alot of potential for quartz crystals all over the flanks of grandfather and across the valley towards Banner Elk. -Dave


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Laurie Adams Ex Member	Re: Watauga County Reply #5 - Jun 4^th, 2014 at 3:22pm	Print Post
	I just acquired a large batch of quartz crystals, most with inclusions from the same site that John Frazier collected his. I am referring to it as the Condominium Prospect. Here's an example of the awesome zoned inclusions found in some of them.

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Laurie Adams Ex Member	Re: Watauga County Reply #6 - Jun 4^th, 2014 at 3:48pm	Print Post
	Here's a neat specimen I recently collected at Little Chestnut Creek in Watauga County.� Almandine garnets with magnetite octahedrons in sericite/chlorite schist. 4 x 2.5 inches.

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Watauga County Reply #7 - Jun 5^th, 2014 at 3:49pm	Print Post
	Very cool included quartz crystal! Thanks for the pic, Laurie.


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Watauga County Reply #8 - Jun 8^th, 2014 at 1:02pm	Print Post
	Laurie super xl as we discussed yesterday. I have looked at hundreds of xl from Blowing Rock and have never seen on like this.


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Laurie Adams Ex Member	Re: Watauga County Reply #9 - Jun 8^th, 2014 at 9:48pm	Print Post
	Quartz - Old Keller Farm, Foscoe, Watauga County, NC 2.25 x 1 x 0.75 inches (5.7 x 2.5 x 2 cm).

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Laurie Adams Ex Member	Re: Watauga County Reply #10 - Jun 8^th, 2014 at 9:51pm	Print Post
	Limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite - Old Keller Farm, Foscoe, Watauga County, NC.� 1 x 0.75 x 0.5 inches (2.5 x 2 x 1.3 cm).

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Watauga County Reply #11 - Jun 8^th, 2014 at 9:54pm	Print Post
	Laurie, I hope you are going to be bringing some of these crystals with you to the Greensboro show this Saturday. I would very much like to take a look at them and take a few off your hands! I am assuming you are going to be set up at the show?


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Laurie Adams Ex Member	Re: Watauga County Reply #12 - Jun 8^th, 2014 at 9:56pm	Print Post
	I'll be there Joe.


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FireOnTheMountain Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 139 Joined: Mar 26^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Watauga County Reply #13 - Jun 11^th, 2014 at 12:47pm	Print Post
	Quote: I just acquired a large batch of quartz crystals, most with inclusions from the same site that John Frazier collected his.� I am referring to it as the Condominium Prospect.� Here's an example of the awesome zoned inclusions found in some of them. What a neat looking crystal.. I would love to have one


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Watauga County Reply #14 - Jun 19^th, 2014 at 9:55pm	Print Post
	Before the show I was hoping to aquire a good quartz crystal specimen from "each" of the several interesting NC localities Laurie had to offer. But once looking at the collection I decided it would be enough of an accomplishment if I could make up my mind about just one of the sites. I chose the included crystals from the Blowing Rock "Condo Site". I didn't get the biggest ones by any means, but am very happy with my selection and the great deal, as always, from Laurie. Thank you, laurie. It was good to see you and I hope to take a couple more of those crystals off your hands one of these days. Three angles of crystal numero uno.

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