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Collin Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 253 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Chatham County 09/21/14 Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 1:26pm	Print Post
	Got to do a little digging yesterday with RaleighRockhound out in Chatham County. We were digging in an area where crystals have been found before. After 3 hours or so, we could not find the vein from which the crystals came from. It could be that these have floated there way from the vein. Anyways, we were finding crystals and we were happy. Some of the crystals contained Phantoms and Chlorite inclusions. I even think that I found a mud inclusion that will have to be debated later on. We found lots of fractured pieces that actually turned out to be rehealed. I did not get to clean these very well and will have to put some better pics up in the next couple of days. Cheers


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Collin Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 253 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #1 - Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 1:27pm	Print Post
	This was a big surprise for me. A double terminated phantom

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Collin Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 253 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #2 - Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 1:28pm	Print Post
	A couple of loose crystals dug out, some contained phantoms

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Collin Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 253 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #3 - Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 1:28pm	Print Post
	A cluster that I believe that also contained phantoms. I need to get cleaned up better and take a better pic.

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Collin Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 253 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #4 - Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 1:29pm	Print Post
	I didn't even know this one was going to turn out so cool. It was completely covered in mud.

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Collin Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 253 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #5 - Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 1:32pm	Print Post
	Here is an example of something that looked fractured on the backside, but when washed off, it shows it was rehealed

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Collin Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 253 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #6 - Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 1:38pm	Print Post
	Here is another cluster

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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: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #7 - Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 1:41pm	Print Post
	Very cool finds Collin! Classic Coopers Ridge phantoms. The double terminated one is awesome!

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Collin Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 253 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #8 - Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 1:52pm	Print Post
	Thanks Scott! More to put on the shelves!


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dan Full Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 248 Joined: Feb 14^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #9 - Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 4:57pm	Print Post
	Well done. The phantom is exceptional.


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FireOnTheMountain Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 139 Joined: Mar 26^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #10 - Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 8:44pm	Print Post
	nice finds! I love the double terminated one as well


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4197 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #11 - Sep 22^nd, 2014 at 11:22pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the pics, Collin. Real nice finds! I look forward to seeing that last weird cluster cleaned up.


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #12 - Sep 26^th, 2014 at 4:53pm	Print Post
	Joe great clusters! Is this a new location?


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4197 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Chatham County 09/21/14 Reply #13 - Sep 27^th, 2014 at 7:05am	Print Post
	Those are recent finds from Coopers Ridge of Collins', John.


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