Recent Activities -Return to Gibson Road East, Fall, 2020, Page Two
Here are more pictures and descriptions of our 2020 collecting efforts at Gibson Road East.
Here is a large pocket of fluoro-richterite crystals that we pulled out. We had to trim off much of the rock with the diamond saw to make it a manageable size. the pocket is about 30cm across.
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We all took specimens away for trimming and cleaning and returned to Bancroft for "the split". The drawing of cards determined the order of choosing! Here I am in front of the "picking table" holding all of the specimens that we felt were worth picking!
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Here is a nice cluster of fluoro-richterite crystals about 9.0cm across.
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A wonderful cluster of bladed, fluoro-richterite crystals 10.0cm tall.
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Here is a combination plate of a microcline crystal and one green fluorapatite crystal on augite. 14.0cm across
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Here is the microcline crystal that I was holding in my hand in a previous photo. The crystal is 12.0cm long. Pretty good!
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A fairly nice smoky quartz crystal on matrix. The quartz crystal is 6.3cm tall.
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A plate of microcline crystals that is 11.0 cm across
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This specimen of microcline crystals on augite is 9.0cm across.
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The view of crystals on this plate of fluoro-richterite and microcline is about 19.0cm across.
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I'll close with this photo of a sunset view over a lake near Bancroft. It was a great week of collecting with some very nice specimen, great environment and time with friends.
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