Fieldtrip Report:

Martin Marietta
11th Street Quarry,
Hickory, N.C.,
Crabtree Emerald Mine,
Mitchell Co., N.C.
August 26th, 2006

Marks big stilbite!

Calcite

A cool specimen that Mark brought along to share, mud included smoky quartz, found only three miles from the quarry.

After the dig, some of us headed to the feed station.

After stuffing our mellons, we headed to the Crabtree for the afternoon.

The Davis clan.

Part 1: Rocksplitting 101 by Thomas and Steven,
Hammering in the wedges.

Part 2: Prying apart the rock.

The rewards!

Steven, Thomas and Terry

Crabtree security on the job!

A fun day was had by all, many cool specimens were found at both sites and we have a ton of trips coming up, lets finish off 2006 by finding some spectacular specimens.

 

 

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