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1 cm. galena two opposite views. (Author: vic rzonca)

1 cm. galena two opposite views.
1 cm. hoppered galena (Author: vic rzonca)

1 cm. hoppered galena
1.5 meters. The muscovite and albite form protruding from the larger feldspar crystal is an alteration product of a large kunzite crystal formerly occupying that space. (Author: vic rzonca)

1.5 meters. The muscovite and albi
10 cm. front view (Author: vic rzonca)

10 cm. front view
10 cm. prehnite and calcite, with minor epidote collected 2010. (Author: vic rzonca)

10 cm. prehnite and calcite, with
10 cm. Prehnite with calcite cast after either calcite or anhydrite. Charles Keys thinks calcite. (Author: vic rzonca)

10 cm. Prehnite with calcite cast
10 cm. wide field of view. (Author: vic rzonca)

10 cm. wide field of view.
11 cm. calcite and minor quartz, hemitite stained. Collected 05. (Author: vic rzonca)

11 cm. calcite and minor quartz, h
11cm. Prehnite from Southbury Ct.. Found in basalt vugs with few points of attachments. (Author: vic rzonca)

11cm. Prehnite from Southbury Ct..
12 cm. plate of unprepared babingtonite. (Author: vic rzonca)

12 cm. plate of unprepared babingt
12 cm. quartz with a smaller friend, rests on an eatched calcite crystal and quartz druze. (Author: vic rzonca)

12 cm. quartz with a smaller frien
12x12 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

12x12 cm.
15 cm. quartz on dolostone, freshly mined with a quick cleaning. (Author: vic rzonca)

15 cm. quartz on dolostone, freshl
18 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

18 cm.
18 cm., with calcite and dolostone, not particularly nice, but large. (Author: vic rzonca)

18 cm., with calcite and dolostone
3.5 cm. clear floater. (Author: vic rzonca)

3.5 cm. clear floater.
30 ton ram setup, helps to loosen things up a bit. (Author: vic rzonca)

30 ton ram setup, helps to loosen
30 tons of hydraulic push exploit an eroded area. (Author: vic rzonca)

30 tons of hydraulic push exploit
37 cm. high half-pipe of albite, mucovite and quartz from the feldspar of image 0548. (Author: vic rzonca)

37 cm. high half-pipe of albite, m
38 cm. wide seam filling (Author: vic rzonca)

38 cm. wide seam filling
4 cm. smokey (Author: vic rzonca)

4 cm. smokey
4 cm. smokey (Author: vic rzonca)

4 cm. smokey
4 cm., quartz. (Author: vic rzonca)

4 cm., quartz.
4 cm., quartz. (Author: vic rzonca)

4 cm., quartz.
5 cm. quartz, from the spilt pocket. (Author: vic rzonca)

5 cm. quartz, from the spilt pocke
6 cm. or larger, smoky crystal, still in the wall, growing from the roof. (Author: vic rzonca)

6 cm. or larger, smoky crystal, st
6 cm. quartz on fungus. (Author: vic rzonca)

6 cm. quartz on fungus.
65 cm. Garter snake. Harmless. (Author: vic rzonca)

65 cm. Garter snake. Harmless.
6x3.5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

6x3.5 cm.
7x5cm. quartz (Author: vic rzonca)

7x5cm. quartz
8 cm. quartz in a small pocket. (Author: vic rzonca)

8 cm. quartz in a small pocket.
8cm. Quartz with iron stain-found in rare gas pocket at Holyoke trapps (Author: vic rzonca)

8cm. Quartz with iron stain-found
A bit of ore, pyrite and other complex sulfides in situ. I think this was part of an old foundation. (Author: vic rzonca)

A bit of ore, pyrite and other com
A cleaned IMG.2114.JPG. (Author: vic rzonca)

A cleaned IMG.2114.JPG.
A days work cleaning out druzy quartz pockets. (Author: vic rzonca)

A days work cleaning out druzy qua
A days worth of making big rocks into small. (Author: vic rzonca)

A days worth of making big rocks i
A fruitful trim (or lucky). The quartz is about 6 cm. high. (Author: vic rzonca)

A fruitful trim (or lucky). The qu
A model of an ore separator. (Author: vic rzonca)

A model of an ore separator.
A quick cleaning, prehnite and babingtonite. about 15 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

A quick cleaning, prehnite and bab
A steam manifold at the rear of the winch house feeds the dual cylinders that power the winch. The view is toward the east and Mosquito Pass. The divide follows the ridge line, there is rain over there. (Author: vic rzonca)

A steam manifold at the rear of th
A steam powered winch. The steam cylinder was attached to the flywheel to the left. (Author: vic rzonca)

A steam powered winch. The steam c
A tidy work place will soon be a mess. (Author: vic rzonca)

A tidy work place will soon be a m
A trillion Triliums. (Author: vic rzonca)

A trillion Triliums.
A years worth of broken dolostone, mostly with hand tools. (Author: vic rzonca)

A years worth of broken dolostone,
After removing a block that Jack had loosened for me, I was presented with a nice little surprise. (Author: vic rzonca)

After removing a block that Jack h
Alice is on the right. They use this team to plow, harrow and haul. (Author: vic rzonca)

Alice is on the right. They use th
All of these rather unremarkable crystals, show carbon included shaft sections within the clearer heads. These were found in a short time before the snow flew, and we look forward to more pristine crystals in spring. (Author: vic rzonca)

All of these rather unremarkable c
Almandine Garnet Russell, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA Crystal size: 4x3 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Almandine Garnet
Russell, Hampden
Almandine
Russell, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Almandine
Russell, Hampden Cou
Aluminum blocks allow flexibility at the jack point, as the jack has only a 4 inch lift. (Author: vic rzonca)

Aluminum blocks allow flexibility
Amethyst Aggregate Quarry, Wrentham, Massachusetts, USA 3x4 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Amethyst
Aggregate Quarry,
Amish meets excavator. You’ll notice that the wagon has metal wheels, no rubber, and no shoes on the horses. (Author: vic rzonca)

Amish meets excavator. You’l
An earlier view of the hole. (Author: vic rzonca)

An earlier view of the hole.
And as the sun sinks on another season, soon all will be frozen. Nothing to do for it but start trimming and cleaning. Oh the toil. (He smiles) (Author: vic rzonca)

And as the sun sinks on another se
And mostly we look for these. (Author: vic rzonca)

And mostly we look for these.
And those. (Author: vic rzonca)

And those.
And. (Author: vic rzonca)

And.
Another cluster in the same area. This one is milky. (Author: vic rzonca)

Another cluster in the same area.
Anthraxolite Fonda, Montgomery Co., New York, USA 2 cm. round (Author: vic rzonca)

Anthraxolite Fonda, Montgomery Co.
Anthraxolite with centimeter+ size quartz. (Author: vic rzonca)

Anthraxolite with centimeter+ size
Anthraxsolite Fonda, NY., USA 1 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Anthraxsolite
Fonda, NY., USA
Apophyllite, 8x7 cm., Southbury, CT. (Author: vic rzonca)

Apophyllite, 8x7 cm., Southbury, C
As my friend’s children grow out of their terra planes, we put them to new uses. (Author: vic rzonca)

As my friend’s children grow
At school. Pay attention Don, if you want to find the big ones. (Author: vic rzonca)

At school. Pay attention Don, if y
Average 15 to 20 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Average 15 to 20 cm.
Babingtonite and prehnite, 5x7 cm.. (Author: vic rzonca)

Babingtonite and prehnite, 5x7 cm.
Babingtonite on Prehnite
Holyoke 'traps', Mount Holyoke Range, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
12 cm. wide x 6 cm. high. (Author: vic rzonca)

Babingtonite on Prehnite
Holyo
Babingtonite on quartz Lane Quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA 4 cm. group (Author: vic rzonca)

Babingtonite on quartz Lane Quarry
Babingtonite with prehnite. Westfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts, USA 5x3 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Babingtonite with
Westfield, Hampde
Babingtonite. FOV. @10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Babingtonite. FOV. @10 cm.
Brushy Creek Galena (Author: vic rzonca)

Brushy Creek Galena
Calcite Lane Quarry, Hampden County, Westfield, Massasuchetts, USA Crystal is 2 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Calcite Lane Quarry, Hampden Count
Calcite (Siliceous) Shannon County, South Dakota, USA 7 x 8 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Calcite (Siliceous) Shannon County
Calcite amethystine Lane / Hampden Quarries, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA 11x9 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Calcite amethysti
Lane / Hampden Qu
Calcite amethystine Lane / Hampden Quarries, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA 11x9 cm. two views. (Author: vic rzonca)

Calcite amethysti
Lane / Hampden Qu
Calcite on epidote Lane quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA 2 cm. calcite (Author: vic rzonca)

Calcite on epidote Lane quarry, Ha
Calcite on prehnite with datolite Lane Quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA 9 x 9 cm. Calcite on prehnite with minor datolite. The reverse of JPG 1698. (Author: vic rzonca)

Calcite on prehnite with datolite
Calcite on prehnite with datolite Lane Quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA 9 x9 cm. A calcite chapeau on a prehnite stalactite. (Author: vic rzonca)

Calcite on prehnite with datolite
Calcite twin Lane Quarry, Hampden Co., Westfield, Massasuchetts, USA 3 cm. tall (Author: vic rzonca)

Calcite twin Lane Quarry, Hampden
Chrysocolla, Lane Quarry, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA 3x2 cm. From the lowest level of Lane Quarry, Westfield, MA., at the contact of basalt and siltstone layers. (Author: vic rzonca)

Chrysocolla,
Lane Quarry, West
Close up of cobbing shack in the distance of the previous image. (Author: vic rzonca)

Close up of cobbing shack in the d
Close up of large the piece from previous photo-some of the calcite is lilac in color. What might be the coloring agent, please? (Author: vic rzonca)

Close up of large the piece from p
Close up of the vug. (Author: vic rzonca)

Close up of the vug.
Close-up of the 20 cm. vug. In situ, the large quartz grew from the roof of the pocket, the block rests on it’s side. (Author: vic rzonca)

Close-up of the 20 cm. vug. In sit
Collecting just abouve the sandstone-dolostone boundary. (Author: vic rzonca)

Collecting just abouve the sandsto
Core samples found near the head frame. Larger one is @30 cm. x 3 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Core samples found near the head f
Crystal size 7x7 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Crystal size 7x7 cm.
Crystals to 5 cm., spilt form a hard rock pocket. Clean and pristine, with bits of anthraxolite. (Author: vic rzonca)

Crystals to 5 cm., spilt form a ha
Datolite Lane Quarry, Hampden County, Westfield, Massasuchetts, USA 1 beer flat-the partial contents of a seam waiting for processing. Extremely difficult to collect good specimens of datolite from the very compact basalt. There are few in this flat. (Author: vic rzonca)

Datolite Lane Quarry, Hampden Coun
Datolite, Lane Quarry, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA 11x6.5 cm. largest crystal 5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Datolite,
Lane Quarry, West
Datolite, Calcite, minor Prehnite Westfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts, USA 9x5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Datolite, Calcite
Westfield, Hampde
Deer slugs? Could not resist. (Author: vic rzonca)

Deer slugs? Could not resist.
Dig, we must. (Author: vic rzonca)

Dig, we must.
Dolomite on quartz. Vug size 14cm. wide. Fonda NY. (Author: vic rzonca)

Dolomite on quartz. Vug size 14cm.
Dolostone and silica. (Author: vic rzonca)

Dolostone and silica.
Don Davis, a long time member of the Connecticut Valley Mineral Club. Don is eighty seven years old, and he can kick the crap out of me and five other men or boys when it comes to moving rock. He puts us to shame, the old goat. (Author: vic rzonca)

Don Davis, a long time member of t
Druzy quartz, the other part of the pocket. (Author: vic rzonca)

Druzy quartz, the other part of th
DSCF1036.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

DSCF1036.jpg
DSCF1038 (1).jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

DSCF1038 (1).jpg
DSCF1699.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

DSCF1699.jpg
DSCF1761.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

DSCF1761.jpg
DSCF1766.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

DSCF1766.jpg
DSCF1770 (1).jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

DSCF1770 (1).jpg
Except. You know what. Thanks again. (Author: vic rzonca)

Except. You know what. Thanks agai
Farmland, much of it worked by the Amish, on the way up to the dolostone. (Author: vic rzonca)

Farmland, much of it worked by the
Field of view 17 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Field of view 17 cm.
Field of view is 2cm., with minor babingtonite collected July 1. (Author: vic rzonca)

Field of view is 2cm., with minor
Fluorite, calcite, sphalerite Denton Mine, Harris creek District of Hardin County, Illinois, USA 7 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Fluorite, calcite, sphalerite Dent
Fluorite
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
10 cm., top to bottom. (Author: vic rzonca)

Fluorite
William Wise Mine, We
For scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

For scale.
Fossilized feather from Douglas Pass Co. USA. I wonder about the rarity of such a thing, any comment? (Author: vic rzonca)

Fossilized feather from Douglas Pa
From 65 to 5, they get it done. (Author: vic rzonca)

From 65 to 5, they get it done.
fulgurite
Quaddick Town Farm Road, Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
''fingers scale'' (Author: vic rzonca)

fulgurite
Quaddick Town Farm R
fulgurite
Quaddick Town Farm Road, Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
''fingers scale'' (Author: vic rzonca)

fulgurite
Quaddick Town Farm R
Galena Pitcher, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA 10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Galena Pitcher, Ottawa Co., Oklaho
Galena on quartz with barite. Loudville Lead Mine, North Portal, Easthampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA 1 cm. crystal (Author: vic rzonca)

Galena on quartz with barite. Loud
Get in! You’re late! (Author: vic rzonca)

Get in! You’re late!
Goethite Pelican Point, Utah Co., Utah, USA 5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Goethite Pelican Point, Utah Co.,
Goethite on Quartz South Hampton, Massachusetts, USA. (remote) Crystal size is 1x1 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Goethite on Quart
South Hampton, Ma
Good help is hard to find. (Author: vic rzonca)

Good help is hard to find.
Ground score. (Author: vic rzonca)

Ground score.
Hard working Amish youth with the second load. (Author: vic rzonca)

Hard working Amish youth with the
Head frame. (Author: vic rzonca)

Head frame.
Hericium americium, lions mane edible fungus. (Author: vic rzonca)

Hericium americium, lions mane edi
Herk.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

Herk.jpg
Hold er Newt !!! She’s headed for the corn crib !!!! (Author: vic rzonca)

Hold er Newt !!! She’s heade
Human for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

Human for scale.
I swear you couldn’t pay me to do this. Must be an obsession. (Author: vic rzonca)

I swear you couldn’t pay me
I think we’re into something here. (Author: vic rzonca)

I think we’re into something
I’m fairly sure that the ore entered the upper doorway via a tressle and was hand sorted, the good stuff went left, the gangue went right. The empty ore cars went out the other end. (Author: vic rzonca)

I’m fairly sure that the ore
I’m tellin ya Newt, we’re broke! Nothin left! Kaput! (Author: vic rzonca)

I’m tellin ya Newt, we&rsquo
If I got this right, the dynamite needed to be warmed to kind of activate the nitro in it. Filled with warm water and a candle placed under it, ah, just let me step back here.... (Author: vic rzonca)

If I got this right, the dynamite
IMG_0107.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_0107.jpg
IMG_0691.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_0691.JPG
IMG_0696.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_0696.JPG
IMG_0763.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_0763.JPG
IMG_0792.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_0792.JPG
IMG_0909.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_0909.jpg
IMG_1080.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1080.jpg
IMG_1083.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1083.jpg
IMG_1122.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1122.JPG
IMG_1128.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1128.JPG
IMG_1152.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1152.JPG
IMG_1153.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1153.JPG
IMG_1518.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1518.JPG
IMG_1520.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1520.JPG
IMG_1555.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1555.JPG
IMG_1576.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1576.JPG
IMG_1612.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1612.JPG
IMG_1905.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1905.JPG
IMG_1933.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_1933.JPG
IMG_2115.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_2115.JPG
IMG_2523.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_2523.JPG
IMG_2558.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_2558.JPG
IMG_2643.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_2643.JPG
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
(Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_2756.JPG
IMG_2919.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_2919.JPG
IMG_4411.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_4411.JPG
IMG_4757.JPG (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_4757.JPG
IMG_8879.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_8879.jpg
IMG_8895.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_8895.jpg
IMG_8896.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_8896.jpg
IMG_8897.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

IMG_8897.jpg
In decending order left to right. 100 ton, 60 ton, 30 ton psi. lifting force. All in vain today. (Author: vic rzonca)

In decending order left to right.
Incline shaft of the Elkhorn mine - Elkhart, Montana ca 1900. .jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

Incline shaft of the Elkhorn mine
Iron plate over an iron grate, for your safety. Don’t ask me how I could tell, but it was deep! (Author: vic rzonca)

Iron plate over an iron grate, for
It’s about 40 cm wide by 30 cm high by about 40 lbs (ca. 18 kg). The correct location is Moosup, Connecticut. (Author: vic rzonca)

It’s about 40 cm wide by 30
Julgoldite (Pumpellyite Group) on Prehnite Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Specimen size 10x10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Julgoldite (Pumpe
Southbury, New Ha
Just kidding. (Author: vic rzonca)

Just kidding.
Lake County Road 38, east. (Author: vic rzonca)

Lake County Road 38, east.
Lane.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

Lane.jpg
Large piece around 30cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Large piece around 30cm.
Large quartz in dolostone matrix Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA Compound crystal 21 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Large quartz in dolostone matrix F
Largest compound crystal 1 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Largest compound crystal 1 cm.
Last thursday they blasted at Lanes in Westfield MA., USA. This is some of the booty from a 1.5m x30cm. pocket/seam. Calcite-large piece is 26cm. wide (Author: vic rzonca)

Last thursday they blasted at Lane
Let loose from the enclosing dirt , ready to collect, nothing else in the pocket. Collected 6/10/12 (Author: vic rzonca)

Let loose from the enclosing dirt
Life is dangerous. It’s more dangerous when you’re foolish. None of it moved. The aluminum blocking deforms and they stick to each other so if there is a blow out it doesn’t send the blocks flying. The stickyness of the alloy slows the slipping moment. (Author: vic rzonca)

Life is dangerous. It’s more
Looking back toward the cobbing shack and a wooden head frame in the distance. We are at about 10,000 feet. (Author: vic rzonca)

Looking back toward the cobbing sh
Looking east toward Mosquito Pass. Eventually we were delivered to the cique to the right of the sign. (Author: vic rzonca)

Looking east toward Mosquito Pass.
Looking NW from the bench (Author: vic rzonca)

Looking NW from the bench
Looking south from nearly the hight of land on the way out of the town of Fonda. (Author: vic rzonca)

Looking south from nearly the high
Looking toward the location of the latest quartz find. First indications were to the right of the house, that’s were the water line terminated. We assume that this area could produce much quartz, but, we must be surgical in our work because of the location relative to the house and barn. (Author: vic rzonca)

Looking toward the location of the
Looking west toward Leadville, just before leaving paved roads. (Author: vic rzonca)

Looking west toward Leadville, jus
Looks better in person. (Author: vic rzonca)

Looks better in person.
Looks better in person. (Author: vic rzonca)

Looks better in person.
LowellShaftBisbeeAz.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

LowellShaftBisbeeAz.jpg
Malachite Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA FOV. aprox.11 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Malachite Westfield, Hampden Co.,
Man at work, upper bench. (Author: vic rzonca)

Man at work, upper bench.
Many single crystals, classic quartz from the dolostone. (Author: vic rzonca)

Many single crystals, classic quar
Mines, cobbing shack and dumps of processed ore. (Author: vic rzonca)

Mines, cobbing shack and dumps of
MiningTownRPPC2-1.jpg (Author: vic rzonca)

MiningTownRPPC2-1.jpg
Mostly prehnite and friends. All Westfield, Massachusetts, USA Field of view 12"x12’x24". (Author: vic rzonca)

Mostly prehnite a
All Westfield, Ma
Moved mostly by hand. It can be fussy business. (Author: vic rzonca)

Moved mostly by hand. It can be fu
Moved mostly by hand. We do have mechanical advantage. (Author: vic rzonca)

Moved mostly by hand. We do have m
My chum for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

My chum for scale.
My chum stands on the sandstone level that marks the bottom of the crystal bearing strata. The bathtub is thirty feet up from here. (Author: vic rzonca)

My chum stands on the sandstone le
Natural quartz sphere with crystal faces Fonda, Mohawk Township, Montgomery Co., New York, USA 2 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Natural quartz sphere with crystal
Nice, new trowel. (Author: vic rzonca)

Nice, new trowel.
Not much to look at, really. (Author: vic rzonca)

Not much to look at, really.
Not the last day on the bench, but close. Was that a snow flake Don? (Author: vic rzonca)

Not the last day on the bench, but
Nut clearing. (Author: vic rzonca)

Nut clearing.
Offset at the fault line of the Holyoke range. (Author: vic rzonca)

Offset at the fault line of the Ho
One day at the mine, blue sky, breezy, and sunshine. (Author: vic rzonca)

One day at the mine, blue sky, bre
One more for the guys who toiled on the square set and single jack. (Author: vic rzonca)

One more for the guys who toiled o
One of my collecting chums with a large calcite boat. (Author: vic rzonca)

One of my collecting chums with a
One of the work areas. The larger pocket zone is low on the face, but many smaller, 10 cm. holes are above. The floor of the bench is the bottom of the formation and is barren. (Author: vic rzonca)

One of the work areas. The larger
Ore bucket. (Author: vic rzonca)

Ore bucket.
Ore teams and more in Idaho Springs, Colorado, 1894. (Author: vic rzonca)

Ore teams and more in Idaho Spring
Pale tourmaline in pocket sand made of tiny bits of rubellite and cleavelandite. (Author: vic rzonca)

Pale tourmaline in pocket sand mad
Part of a old stone wall at the site. Moss seems to love the dolostone. (Author: vic rzonca)

Part of a old stone wall at the si
Part of the "bathtub", the top most part of the site. (Author: vic rzonca)

Part of the "bathtub", t
Pocket in a just released block. (Author: vic rzonca)

Pocket in a just released block.
Prehnite O&G Trap Quarry, Southbury, Connecticut, USA 12 cm. across (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite O&G Trap Quarry, Sout
Prehnite O&G Trap Quarry, Southbury, Connecticut, USA 9 cm. tall (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite O&G Trap Quarry, Sout
Prehnite Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA 12 x 14 cm. vug. (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite Southbury, New Haven Coun
Prehnite Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA 20 cm Green, yellow and almost blue. Poor quality image. (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite Southbury, New Haven Coun
Prehnite Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA 20 cm (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite Southbury, New Haven Coun
Prehnite Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA 20 cm This 20 cm. vesicle was one of hundreds I walked over, at twilight, in a blast pile. Of course I didn’t know what I had until I broke it open. To late, the pile was gone the next day. (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite Southbury, New Haven Coun
Prehnite and babingtonite. (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite and babingtonite.
Prehnite cast after anhydrite Lane Quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA !2 x 6 cm. Reverse (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite cast after anhydrite Lane
Prehnite cast after anhydrite Lane Quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA !2 x 6 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite cast after anhydrite Lane
Prehnite casts after anhydrite. Size is 15 cm. x 17 cm. saved from the crusher last week. Holyoke Trapps, Western Mass. USA (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite casts after anhydrite. Si
Prehnite on Epidote
Holyoke 'traps', Mount Holyoke Range, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
6 cm wide x 3 cm high x 8 cm deep (front to back). (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite on Epidote
Holyoke 't
Prehnite, 10 cm. in diameter vug, Southbury, CT. (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite, 10 cm. in diameter vug,
Prehnite, 10x12 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite, 10x12 cm.
Prehnite, calcite with minor datolite. Lane / Hampden Quarries, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA 14x10 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Prehnite, calcite
Lane / Hampden Qu
Prenhite and Calcite Westfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts, USA 5x4 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Prenhite and Calc
Westfield, Hampde
Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA Pocket contents 1 cm. to 5 cm. with anthraxolite inclutions. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New Y
Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA 6 cm. A smokey and a cluttered partner. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New Y
Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA Smokey and clear cluster to 13 cm. wide. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New Y
Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA 13 cm. Top to bottom. More quartz on dolostone. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New Y
Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA Crystal is 12 cm. We are lucky to have a bit of ground at the site that gives up quartz on matrix. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New Y
Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA Center crysal is @ 10 cm. A pile of quartz (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New Y
Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA 5 cm. Sick of looking at quartz yet? (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New Y
Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA 8 cm, top to bottom Another compound crystal (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New Y
Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA 5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, Mohawk County, New Y
Quartz Fonda, Montgomery Co., New York, USA 2.5 cm. tall main crystal (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, Montgomery Co., New
Quartz Fonda, New York, USA 2 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, New York, USA 2 cm.
Quartz Fonda, New York, USA 2 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, New York, USA 2 cm.
Quartz Fonda, New York, USA 2 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, New York, USA 2 cm.
Quartz Fonda, New York, USA 6 cm. complex smokey crystal (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, New York, USA 6 cm.
$Quartz Fonda, New York, USA 6 cm. quartz with a fracture induced rainbow. (Author: vic rzonca)$ Quartz Fonda, New York, USA 6 cm. quartz with a fracture induced rainbow. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, New York, USA 6 cm.
Quartz Fonda, New York, USA A 14 cm. main crystal with a bit of dolostone matrix. Collected this season. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, New York, USA A 14 c
Quartz Fonda, New York, USA Some of what was levered out. Fingers for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, New York, USA Some o
Quartz Fonda, New York, USA Some of what was levered out. Fingers for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Fonda, New York, USA Some o
Quartz Little Falls dolostone, Fonda, Mohawk township, Montgomery Co., New York, USA. 14 x 14 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Little Falls dolostone, Fon
Quartz Moosup, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA 5x3 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Moosup, Plainfield, Windham
Quartz Moosup, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA 7x5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Moosup, Plainfield, Windham
Quartz Spruce Hill, Albany County, New Hampshire, USA 17x9 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Spruce Hill, Albany County,
Quartz Stafford, Tolland Co., Connecticut, USA 5x16 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz Stafford, Tolland Co., Conn