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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: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #15 - Dec 21^st, 2011 at 7:41pm	Print Post
	@ Jay: Yes, eleven hours is not a quick jaunt.� Maybe when you're swinging through this way we'll set it up. Here's two more.� There was a lot of chlorite on many of the specimens I found.� It can be tedious work cleaning it all off.

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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: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #16 - Dec 21^st, 2011 at 7:56pm	Print Post
	Facet grade material? Not much from what I found but yes there is potential.

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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #17 - Dec 21^st, 2011 at 10:04pm	Print Post
	Scott nice pics!! Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!!!


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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: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #18 - Dec 24^th, 2011 at 8:35am	Print Post
	Same to you, John! I know I should leave the photography to the experts, but here are a few pics I took trying to capture the zoning, or phantoms(?), in some of these crystals from here.

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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #19 - Dec 24^th, 2011 at 2:30pm	Print Post
	Nice...........looks good enough to eat...lol


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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: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #20 - Dec 24^th, 2011 at 4:31pm	Print Post
	These are parts of the amethyst veins I was finding.� It is easy to see from these pictures how and why most of the crystals I found were highly contacted and falling apart.
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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #21 - Dec 26^th, 2011 at 12:14pm	Print Post
	Great pics!!


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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #22 - Dec 27^th, 2011 at 11:59am	Print Post
	Looks like I missed some fun. I think there is potential there too. I want to go back! You did find some nice ones though, Scott.


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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: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #23 - Dec 27^th, 2011 at 7:47pm	Print Post
	On the back side of most if not all of the dark purple amethyst veins there was a weird gray texture.� What do you think the mineral was that is no longer there?

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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #24 - Dec 28^th, 2011 at 5:49pm	Print Post
	that side is kind of pretty too. something triangular was there....sphalerite?


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #25 - Mar 7^th, 2012 at 8:44am	Print Post
	Great pictures of the Amethyst. Love the cow pictures. Reminds me of our farm in Catawba Co. But no Amethyst on the farm. Just an outcrop of soap stone. Keep hoping for a crystal to show up.


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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tar Heel Club trip to Simpson Farm Reply #26 - Mar 7^th, 2012 at 10:07am	Print Post
	So what do you think the triangular negatives are from? Could it be from mica - maybe just corners of it. Or what about monazite? You guys got into some better material than I did, but I would definitely go back. The specimens are definitely looking better and better.


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