Some of the clear quartz i tried to extract from the cavities and clay
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Nice pics and stories AR, those crystals are similar to the ones I uncover in Ararat
Woah MJB! Where have you been hiding mate? Good to hear from you again and that you are still digging! Thats cool mate, have you posted them?MJB said:
is that quartz a pearly looking color? iv'e never seen that type before..... not that im a rock hound or anything but it does look nice.
Some of it did have a slight pearl to it mate, the main vein is white quartz but the crystals grow from it as clear points mostly as long as theres a 'pocket' or space for them to grow. It seems when the crystals have no where to grow, they stay white in this region. Some pockets had a soft clay where i was able to pry out the smaller clear ones in my hand that were free from the main rock. If they were joined, attempting remove individually ended up in an exploding crystalnumpty said:
Some of it did have a slight pearl to it mate, the main vein is white quartz but the crystals grow from it as clear points mostly as long as theres a 'pocket' or space for them to grow. It seems when the crystals have no where to grow, they stay white in this region. Some pockets had a soft clay where i was able to pry out the smaller clear ones in my hand that were free from the main rock. If they were joined to the main quartz rock, attempting to remove them individually ended up in an exploding crystalnumpty said:
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Looks like you had a good time AR..love those quartz crystal's mate...bet you had a nice view of the night sky..The gold looks good too.
Night sky as always was a rippa Smoky! At the 2nd camp spot, there was a bit more 'light pollution' than areas before, but still, if looking up, all you see is the beginning of time 
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Yeah I have been hiding mate.....big turnaround for me this last 12 months...new missus...new home and I'm a Victorian again
I should post them but I cant find the buggers since moving and my young fella loves em' so he probably has them stashed somewhere.
Great to see your still living the dream mate.
Sounds like a bit of a kerfuffle mate but good to hear all settle again. I did not even know you left us!MJB said:Yeah I have been hiding mate.....big turnaround for me this last 12 months...new missus...new home and I'm a Victorian again
I should post them but I cant find the buggers since moving and my young fella loves em' so he probably has them stashed somewhere.
Great to see your still living the dream mate.
but welcome back to the random weather :lol: Great to see you back at it as well buddy, id love to see what you pulled from there!
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Well I had been living in Mt Gambier SA for 9 years...now I have moved back over the border to Apsley, closest goldfield is Deep Lead which is only 1hr 45 mins away...better than the previous 2.5hrs. Were'nt you supposed to head over to Ararat for some digging??
MJB said:
Yes mate, finally have car now so will park at families in ballarat now as grandmother in dimboola is now unwell and always in melb these days. Ill find a gap and take a look as the dry working still interests me a lot mate
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Good the hear life is back on track MJB
Thanks Wally, its good to see the same friendly faces still hangin around
Its been a while, but it was great to catch up with dirtyharri again for some gravel shovelling in the sun!
I must have upset the gold gods recently as all my gold ended up in harri's pan Was an awesome day to slip over on some rocks and relax in the sun ( as the dogs demonstrated how to do very well curled up in my pan :lol: ) Not much to show but not needed when having fun
Cheers again mate - till next time!
A quick rundown - plenty of gravels, heavy sands that held Au deep in the crevices. Some zircon, garnet and a nice limenite lumpy rock appeared too. Plenty of quartz, mostly shear zone, vuggy milky and some felspars within if broken. Bedrock mostly compressed turbidites and sandstone intruded by quartz. A hint of gritstone about too
cheers for the lend of the tools too mate after my sucker broke! Arrr my back.. :lol:
I must have upset the gold gods recently as all my gold ended up in harri's pan
Was an awesome day to slip over on some rocks and relax in the sun ( as the dogs demonstrated how to do very well curled up in my pan :lol: ) Not much to show but not needed when having fun Cheers again mate - till next time!
A quick rundown - plenty of gravels, heavy sands that held Au deep in the crevices. Some zircon, garnet and a nice limenite lumpy rock appeared too. Plenty of quartz, mostly shear zone, vuggy milky and some felspars within if broken. Bedrock mostly compressed turbidites and sandstone intruded by quartz. A hint of gritstone about too
cheers for the lend of the tools too mate after my sucker broke! Arrr my back.. :lol:
..I thought one of the wombats ended up downstream when we were leaving lol Funny little pooches of harri's
Bit of black sand there, few bits are better than none, great to get out for a bit anyway, hope you enjoyed it. Great doggie pic.
Did ya want some?Heatho said:
:lol: Cheers mate, had a ball, even fell in a few times hoping that harri didnt see..but i look up at hes looking right at me..doh! :lol: :8
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Nice one AR looks like puppy will be a difficult one to teach how to dig holes for gold :lol: :lol:
Get up and dig dog :lol: :lol: :lol:
looks like puppy will be a difficult one to teach how to dig holes for gold :lol: :lol: Get up and dig dog :lol: :lol: :lol:
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