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Quartz Thunder Bay 20 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Thunder Bay 20 cm.
Quartz 12 cm. - and somewhere a pissed rodent. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz 12 cm. - and somewhere a pi
Quartz 20x36 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz 20x36 cm.
Quartz 5x7cm. Found at the hight of land in Folton county NY. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz 5x7cm. Found at the hight o
Quartz 7 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz 7 cm.
Quartz and anthraxolite
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
Quartz is 10cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz and anthraxolite
Turtle
Quartz on Dolomite.
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
@15 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz on Dolomite.
Turtle Cla
Quartz on dolostone
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
Fingers for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz on dolostone
Turtle Cla
Quartz pocket. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz pocket.
Quartz scepter Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA 7 cm. Our lab in the background. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz scepter Fonda, Mohawk Count
Quartz scepter Petersen Mts., Washoe Co. Nevada, USA 8 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz scepter Petersen Mts., Wash
Quartz, 14 cm., Fonda, NY. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz, 14 cm., Fonda, NY.
Quartz, 6x4.5 cm. Fonda, NY. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz, 6x4.5 cm. Fonda, NY.
Quartz, 7 cm. long. Fonda, NY. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz, 7 cm. long. Fonda, NY.
Quartz, 8 cm. tall. Fonda NY. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz, 8 cm. tall. Fonda NY.
Quartz, amazonite Colorado 18 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz, amazonite Colorado 18 cm.
Quartz, Feldspar and Muscovite.
Raccoon Gulch (Gulch locality), Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
FOV 10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz, Feldspar and Muscovite.
Raccoon Gulch (Gulch locality), Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire, U
Quartz, Tessin habit Spruce Hill, New Hampshire, USA 6x3 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz, Tessin ha
Spruce Hill, New
Quartz, the crystal is 6x4.5 cm., Fonda, NY. Collected 6/18/12. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz, the crystal is 6x4.5 cm.,
Quartz. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz.
Quartz.
Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, USA
Fingers for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz.
Little Falls, Herkimer
Quartz (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Quartz Fonda, NY., USA Largest crystal, 2 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, NY., USA
Quartz Lane Quarry, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA 7x4.5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Lane Quarry, West
Quartz Moosup, Connecticut, USA 40x35x10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Moosup, Connectic
Quartz Stafford, Connecticut, USA 19x16x9 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Stafford, Connect
Quartz various locations 15"w x12’high x12d Part of my quartz shelf, just testing my new i-mac and cannon set up. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
various locations
Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgome
Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
@ 12 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgome
Quartz
Diamond Hill, Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
7 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Diamond Hill, Ashaway,
Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
1.5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgome
Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
to 10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgome
Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
20 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgome
Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
20 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgome
Quartz
Jessieville, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
Human for scale (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Jessieville, Garland Co
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
4 cm. crystal. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
12 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
6,8 and 9 mm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
11 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
Hand for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
17 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
17 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
15 cm (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
(Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgome
Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
6 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Fonda, Mohawk, Montgome
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
3.5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
3.5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Quartz locality, Moosup, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
10 cm., scepters to 2 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Quartz locality, Moosup
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
8 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
4 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
4 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
8 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
20 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
8x5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
5x3 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
6 cm.x 3 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
14cm x 7cm (Author: vic rzonca)

quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
10cm x9cm (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
5cm x 4cm (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
7cm x 5cm (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
6cm. x 4cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fond
Quite a nice smoky, lose and lurking. 6 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quite a nice smoky, lose and lurki
Re-purposed golf cart carrying the pump, ram, and whatever else we can lash on. Very handy. That golf cart never worked so hard. (Author: vic rzonca)

Re-purposed golf cart carrying the
SacrementoShaftBisbeeAz1.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

SacrementoShaftBisbeeAz1.jpg
Sacremento_Pit_Bisbee1.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

Sacremento_Pit_Bisbee1.jpg
Same as above, slight rotation to the right. (Author: vic rzonca)

Same as above, slight rotation to
Seasons Greetings. (Author: vic rzonca)

Seasons Greetings.
Shoes. Change out. (Author: vic rzonca)

Shoes. Change out.
Siderite on Quartz Ossipee, New Hampshire, USA 7x5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Siderite on Quart
Ossipee, New Hamp
Small crystal,center is 2 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Small crystal,center is 2 cm.
Smokey Quartz Spruce Hill, Albany Co., New Hampshire, USA 17 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Smokey Quartz Spruce Hill, Albany
Smokey Quartz Spruce Hill, Albany Couny, New Hampshire, USA 10 cm. tall (Author: vic rzonca)

Smokey Quartz Spruce Hill, Albany
Smoky Quartz
Raccoon Gulch (Gulch locality), Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
7 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Smoky Quartz
Raccoon Gulch (Gu
Some of the find. (Author: vic rzonca)

Some of the find.
Some quartz grubbed out of the top few inches of not yet frozen top soil. (Author: vic rzonca)

Some quartz grubbed out of the top
Speaking of scales. (Author: vic rzonca)

Speaking of scales.
Sphalerite on quartz Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA 7 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Sphalerite on quartz Westfield, Ha
Stromatolite sign in the dolostone. Early life and deep time. (Author: vic rzonca)

Stromatolite sign in the dolostone
Take a good look, it might not survive the trim. (Author: vic rzonca)

Take a good look, it might not sur
The arms are for scale. Albite and quartz. (Author: vic rzonca)

The arms are for scale. Albite and
The average size in this basket is 15 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

The average size in this basket is
The bane of the working stiff. The time clock. (Author: vic rzonca)

The bane of the working stiff. The
The contents of a small pocket with up to cm. size quartz and anthraxolite bits disgorged onto the bench. (Author: vic rzonca)

The contents of a small pocket wit
The crystals went that way. (Author: vic rzonca)

The crystals went that way.
The gable end of the winch house. (Author: vic rzonca)

The gable end of the winch house.
The images with mannequins came from the full scale exhibits found inside the hall of fame. See this bit of mining history if you can. (Author: vic rzonca)

The images with mannequins came fr
The kids getting a little collecting in. (Author: vic rzonca)

The kids getting a little collecti
The moss was fat and happy on this December day, with late afternoon sun, waiting on the first snow. (Author: vic rzonca)

The moss was fat and happy on this
The object of his attention. He finds while we jawbone. (Author: vic rzonca)

The object of his attention. He fi
The Proctor case. (Author: vic rzonca)

The Proctor case.
The pump section. The shims are aluminum as it deforms into the rock rather than slipping. We have 60 and 100 ton models-great help. (Author: vic rzonca)

The pump section. The shims are al
The rain has been abundant. Pockets can be seen exposed a meter or less below grade. We would like to believe this zone continues away from the house. We resist the urge to tear it up so near to the house and barn. And the snow is close so we must cover the line and reclaim the yard. (Author: vic rzonca)

The rain has been abundant. Pocket
The reason for all the gravel making. (Author: vic rzonca)

The reason for all the gravel maki
The reverse side. Very dirty. (Author: vic rzonca)

The reverse side. Very dirty.
The team waits a little nervously to get their load. Alot of fire wood and some lumber logs come off the ridge. (Author: vic rzonca)

The team waits a little nervously
The trimmer frame is about 40 cm. high by 35 cm. wide. (Author: vic rzonca)

The trimmer frame is about 40 cm.
The Trout Lily. (Author: vic rzonca)

The Trout Lily.
The vug is about 15 cm.. Sorry about the quality of the shot. (Author: vic rzonca)

The vug is about 15 cm.. Sorry abo
The weight. (Author: vic rzonca)

The weight.
The White on this site is only a little less brutish. (Author: vic rzonca)

The White on this site is only a l
Then there are these. (Author: vic rzonca)

Then there are these.
There is an article on finding a pocket on this site, this might be better off there. How to find a pocket? Take a rock and hit it with a hammer. (Author: vic rzonca)

There is an article on finding a p
They don’t last very long, going from white, to pink, to wilted in a day it seems. (Author: vic rzonca)

They don’t last very long, g
This image shows the sedimentary nature of the Little Falls dolostone. The exposed section is about 5’ high and clearly shows a foamy silicified stromatolithic layer below a finer grained strata. The days digging began to the right of this corner. (Author: vic rzonca)

This image shows the sedimentary n
This view is looking from the house toward the previous image location. Center, right you will see a pocket and at this level is the pocket layer. Pockets to the left, pockets to the right. (Author: vic rzonca)

This view is looking from the hous
Tourmaline (Group)
Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
the botton of the colander is about 14 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Tourmaline (Group)
Berry-Havey
Tourmaline Huntington, Massachusetts, USA 3x2.5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Tourmaline
Huntington, Massa
turtle.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

turtle.jpg
Typical quartz and calcite in dolostone. (Author: vic rzonca)

Typical quartz and calcite in dolo
Use of the hydraulic ram to exploit weaknesses in the dolostone. (Author: vic rzonca)

Use of the hydraulic ram to exploi
View looking south. The fault runs up the center of the shot. Trackways are found to the right of the ramp. Datolite pocket from my collections entry, was on the top bench, below the prominent crag center sky line. (Author: vic rzonca)

View looking south. The fault runs
View of some of the dinosaur track ways in situ. The siltstone is at about 30 degrees to the horizontal. My comrade is for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

View of some of the dinosaur track
We do raise hell with the rodent population. Hickory nuts 2 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

We do raise hell with the rodent p
We have very good relations with our Amish neighbors. For gratis, they use all the fields around the high ground to plant silage for the milkers. They also harvest the quartz druze that we don’t use to sell at their farm stand, and do pretty good with it. (Author: vic rzonca)

We have very good relations with o
We seem to have run upon a very hard section that splits, with much force, in inopportune ways, causing us to employ extremely sketchy operations. It didn’t work. There is a need to enhance our shim inventory. (Author: vic rzonca)

We seem to have run upon a very ha
What fun! (Author: vic rzonca)

What fun!
What has to be miles of wire rope to raise and lower ore and miners out and into the hole! (Author: vic rzonca)

What has to be miles of wire rope
Width about 40 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Width about 40 cm.
With help from brother hydraulic. (Author: vic rzonca)

With help from brother hydraulic.
$Work on the upper bench revealed a fractured zone that allowed progress into ledge. After a point we were able to put the 100 ton ram in the slot and break rock on both sides of the slot. (Author: vic rzonca)$ Work on the upper bench revealed a fractured zone that allowed progress into ledge. After a point we were able to put the 100 ton ram in the slot and break rock on both sides of the slot. (Author: vic rzonca)

Work on the upper bench revealed a
You done yet? (Author: vic rzonca)

You done yet?
You may run across this fellow in Tucson. The sledge weights as much as he does. How can he look so happy? (Author: vic rzonca)

You may run across this fellow in
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_A casually dressed collecting chum getting an image just after the excavator levered off a block of dolostone. (Author: vic rzonca)

_A casually dressed collecting chu
_Anchoria Leland Mine (Author: vic rzonca)

_Anchoria Leland Mine
_And the clouds gather over the dusty trail east of the Tortilla Mountains. (Author: vic rzonca)

_And the clouds gather over the du
_At the far left bottom, you can just make out a 400 ton, Lieberr T282B haul truck, the size of a two story house, moving it’s load at a walking speed toward the primary crusher. (Author: vic rzonca)

_At the far left bottom, you can j
_Battle Mountain, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, CO. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Battle Mountain, Cripple Creek Di
_Blasting at the Webb. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Blasting at the Webb.
_Central processing unit, the main crusher. Not a friend to the specimen collector. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Central processing unit, the main
_Copper Queen Mine, Campbell Shaft, Bisbee, AZ. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Copper Queen Mine, Campbell Shaft
_Cribbing. Large. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Cribbing. Large.
_Estes Park, CO. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Estes Park, CO.
_Fairview Fluorspar and Lead Company. Good Hope mine and mill. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Fairview Fluorspar and Lead Compa
_Fairview Mine headframe, Rosiclare, Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, Illinois. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Fairview Mine headframe, Rosiclar
_Mine at Creede, Colorado. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Mine at Creede, Colorado.
_Minerva Mine No. 1 head frame. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Minerva Mine No. 1 head frame.
_One more of the pit. You can see the enriched zone in the bottom left quarter. (Author: vic rzonca)

_One more of the pit. You can see
_Over worked. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Over worked.
_Quartz and Wizard. Quartz is about 24cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Quartz and Wizard. Quartz is abou
_Ram side and rock side. 30 tons of push force leaves the impression of the piston top in the steel plate. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Ram side and rock side. 30 tons o
_Relaxing on the tailgate of the Rolling Bar. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Relaxing on the tailgate of the R
_Rosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mining Co. Rosiclare, IL. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Rosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mini
_Sacrificial steel plates to protect the piston top. One new. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Sacrificial steel plates to prote
_Speaks for itself. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Speaks for itself.
_The 30 ton model, less pump. 4" high. The three following shots show what we find with the application of this tool. (Author: vic rzonca)

_The 30 ton model, less pump. 4&qu
_The Gold King Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller, Colorado. (Author: vic rzonca)

_The Gold King Mine, Cripple Creek
_The Hill-Ledford Mine, Cave in Rock, Hardin County, IL. (Author: vic rzonca)

_The Hill-Ledford Mine, Cave in Ro
_The Masonic Grand Lodge hold an annual meeting in a cave at the 200 level of the Czar Mine, Bisbee, AZ. 1897. (Author: vic rzonca)

_The Masonic Grand Lodge hold an a
_The next four images are a panorama of the main pit from NE to SW. The mine is vast. (Author: vic rzonca)

_The next four images are a panora
_Webb City Lead Mine. MO. (Author: vic rzonca)

_Webb City Lead Mine. MO.