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Some Nice Smokies
Jul 20th, 2017 at 11:36pm
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Dug these nice smokies in Howard County yesterday.
  
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Reply #1 - Jul 20th, 2017 at 11:42pm
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Best found at this location to date.These are found as loose singles on the ground surface from water action and freeze/thaw, but a little digging has started producing bigger and better xtals.
  
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Reply #2 - Jul 21st, 2017 at 7:26am
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Excellent finds!  No doubt you will begin finding bigger and better as you continue to explore that area.   Cheesy
  
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Reply #3 - Jul 21st, 2017 at 6:49pm
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Nice. Keep digging!
  
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Reply #4 - Jul 23rd, 2017 at 8:12pm
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Yes dig more! A wise man once told me go deeper and the crystals will come.
  
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Reply #5 - Jun 24th, 2018 at 10:54am
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Here are my best smokies found at this location in 2017.
  
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Reply #6 - Jun 24th, 2018 at 11:01am
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That's a nice collection!  Thanks for sharing.  Smiley
  
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Reply #7 - Jun 24th, 2018 at 5:40pm
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Yes, that's a real pretty smokey color quartz!
Just curious, Hydro, do you have something against cleaning your specimens in acid or SIO?
  
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Reply #8 - Mar 7th, 2020 at 9:34pm
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Just out of curiosity were any of them amethistine,there is a correlation between two separate pegmatite one Baltimore county. The other is just inside Carrol county . Did you all get a report of a smokey /amethyst site in Baltimore county,about two years ago . If not , I  will make a presentation.  Unfortunately the site was a housing  development so not much in the way of access.
  
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