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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:	Raleigh Crabtree, 2015 Nov 20^th, 2015 at 10:13pm	Print Post
	Last Saturday the Cape Fear Mineral Club invited the Tar Heel Club to join them on a fieldtrip to the Crabtree Quarry in Raleigh, NC. The Crabtree Quarry is presently owned by Hanson and is situated on Crabtree Creek in Western Wake County. It has long been known as a source of some very rare minerals for Wake County, and even the world. A slot came open for this fieldtrip so since it is only 10 minutes down the road I decided to go and take a look. We started the day with a nice stroll thru the gravel piles to the overlook.

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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: Raleigh Crabtree, 2015 Reply #1 - Nov 20^th, 2015 at 10:24pm	Print Post
	Yes, you won't see quarries like this much anymore. This quarry was started in the late 1940's, which was before all the mining rules and safety regs in place today. They are now right about 400 feet deep. Here's some more pics of the day. The hammer operator was nice enough to "blast" a few boulders that folks were picking out for him. Didn't manage to find any really good specimens to bring home but it's always nice to take a look. Thanks to the Cape Fear Club and Hanson for having us.

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VictorK Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 108 Joined: Jul 4^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Raleigh Crabtree, 2015 Reply #2 - Nov 22^nd, 2015 at 7:44am	Print Post
	Here is a 5.5 X 3 inch piece from the Crabtree trip. Collin found a very large block with this colorful area in it. We got the quarry manager to break up the block with the crusher, and Collin let me have this piece. The small black and greenish crystals look exotic but with magnification they turn out to be biotite mica. There's also white calcite, tiny quartz crystals, and what I think is pink calcite.

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2969 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Raleigh Crabtree, 2015 Reply #3 - Nov 23^rd, 2015 at 7:38am	Print Post
	Excellent report Joe. The Crabtree mine is always a treat for the eyes. I'm glad you and Collin came home with some good specimens. Thanks for the report!

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Tim4d God Member Offline I like creeks & rivers to do the digging for me. Posts: 658 Location: Chester, VA Joined: Feb 24^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Raleigh Crabtree, 2015 Reply #4 - Nov 23^rd, 2015 at 3:26pm	Print Post
	No vertigo allowed!


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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: Raleigh Crabtree, 2015 Reply #5 - Nov 23^rd, 2015 at 9:56pm	Print Post
	That freshly broken piece and picture of Victor's does look real nice. You may have some Ankerite on there.


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