Johnston County, that is.
I've been itchin' to get down east around Clayton in Johnston County
because of all the land they're clearing for development for a while now.
Today seemed like a good time to do it.
There isn't much good rock down that way, so Scott and Mark weren't much interested in checking
it out with me. I just wanted to take a look.
Even if there aren't many good rock specimens found you always have the chance
of stumbling across an artifact or two.
With that in mind I decided to start by checking the knoll above the Neuse River
where I found my one and only whole Clovis point.
They cleared this knoll 10, or more, years ago for houses, but never got that far.
The erosion in the last 10 years is incredible. The ground where I found my Clovis
isn't even there anymore.

And what made these circles in the dirt?
I'm guessing some sort of wasp, but it may be a beetle?
Anyone knows what made this, please let me know.

They've been blasting thru some rock here for a month or more
and I've just been wanting to take a look.

Let's look at that graphitic looking piece of Rolesville almost pegmatite again,
from a different angle and a closer look at the vug on the end.

A few diggin' shots.
In the first pic, above the trowel,
the dark line running vertically is smoky quartz.
The white line to the right of the quartz is a pithy, crumbly feldspar or Albite.
That is where the most interesting mineralization was going on.
And to the right of the white is the pinkish orthoclase feldspar.
Followed by a few more ortho crystal pics.

They have just regraded the surface of this soon to be homes site
in the last few days, which erased my nice well washed surface to look at.
Wasn't much to do but check the ditches, and they were very well washed!
You got to love being able to check out a vein of quartz without ever taking the first scoop of dirt.

Well, that's about it. Hope y'all enjoyed my little walk around JC.
Here's one last ditch pic for you.
Careful, it could make you dizzy and I wouldn't want you to fall in.

Nice tour Joe.

Give me a call next time you need a partner to look at JoCo - it's my second favorite county cause that where my grandkids live.  I'd like to find some spots in their own county to take them to hunt.  They'd like that.

cheers,
r