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Morefield Mine 85th Anniversary
Nov 8th, 2014 at 9:55pm
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It was the mine's 85th anniversary celebration today, too. We brought cake. I would post video of mine owner Sam Dunaway playing fiddle during a mining break. And one of Rebecca creating an international goodwill event after showing a group of Japanese kids how to find garnet fragments. So here are some still photos.
  
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Re: Morefield Mine 85th Anniversary
Reply #1 - Nov 8th, 2014 at 10:00pm
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Late in the day looking down garnet hill.
  
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Reply #2 - Nov 8th, 2014 at 10:05pm
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In the overhead shot, beryl bits at bottom group. The light green fragments are gemmy. A six year old boy found a 2" crystal rod of this gemmy light green beryl. The rest is amazonite, moonstone, smoky quartz and amethyst. And garnet fragments.
  
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Reply #3 - Nov 10th, 2014 at 7:56am
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Look at all that good color!  Thanks for the report and great pictures.  Looks like a good day at the Morefield.
  
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Re: Morefield Mine 85th Anniversary
Reply #4 - Nov 11th, 2014 at 11:10am
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I like the quartz-feldspar combos like at top of the big group photo. Rebecca saw a woman find a amethyst-amazonite combo.
  
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