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August 24, 2009 Bob called me at 5pm with enthusiasm in his voice. "Oh my!", he said, "I just pulled out a cluster of tesin crystals!"  So
I got out of work clothes and threw my shovel in the truck.
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When I arrived Bob stood there smiling at me.  He was standing next to a pile of tesin habit crystals.  He took me over to an area where
there were numerous veins of quartz with mica all around them.  So I searched for and located my own vein to begin picking away at.
The vein soon revealed a small tesin crystal.
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A few minutes later and it began to rain.  It was a single rain cloud that rained for about five minutes all the while leaving a message in the sky.
In the hot humid air it was very refreshing. Then it passed and all was dry again. 
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This crystal was found loose and under the tread marks of a bull dozer.  How did it survive?  There was no damage to the crystal.
It had a perfect tip.
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This is the opposite side of the previous crystal.
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