Diamond Hill Smokey Quartz
Antreville, South Carolina
December 24, 2003
By Mike Streeter
mcstreeter@charter.net

Hey gang,

I returned to Diamond Hill near Antreville, SC last week and dug in a general area where smokey quartz has been found in the past. I settled on a spot that looked as promising as any other and, low and behold and with some hard work, I hit a big pocket containing large smokey quartz crystal clusters. The following are pictures of a few of the specimens that I retrieved from the thick and sticky red mud.

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Some of the smokey quartz is partially covered with a layer granular to crystalline quartz. This outer layer seems to have been mostly dissolved or it never fully formed - just some more atypical Diamond Hill quartz specimens!

The rockhounding gods seem to be smiling on me and Chrissy lately - wait until you see our Harrodsburg Area, Indiana field trip report and you'll see what I mean.

You can obtain more information and pictures of Diamond Hill Quartz Mine on McRocks.com and the Georgia Mineral Society's website by clicking on the following links:

November 22, 2003 Diamond Hill Field Trip Report Georgia Mineral Society - Diamond Hill Mine

KOR

Mike

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