Anita Westlake found an interesting mineral on the first bench that I had not
before seen at the quarry. She came over and opened
her gloved hand to show off a perfect cube of
what appeared to be a pseudomorph of goethite after pyrite. While we knew that pyrite could be
found in the quarry, the goethite pseudomorph discovery clearly demonstrated Anita's good eye!
You'll see all sorts of carts and buggies employed by rockhounds, but the home-made
ones are my favorite. One cart in particular sitting full and alone on the first bench caught my eye.
If only this old cart could talk, I bet that it would have quite a few rockhounding tales to share.
The following pictures show a couple more specimens from the first bench, big
and small, that I managed to load up and drag home. Thanks to Robert Hughes for the pyrite specimen.
Click on each specimen picture to enlarge
Chrissy was nice enough to show those who were interested the large vein
of talc that we had located the previous Sunday. Before long, much of the group assembled
near this spot to obtain some talc that was freely shared by all.
Hanging out at the talc spot
Linda and Frank Foster & John Iacullo
Georgia Mineral Society
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Robert Hughes (left) and Greg Grieves
Georgia Mineral Society
John Iacullo
Georgia Mineral Society
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Nicole (left) & Sherion Stewart
Georgia Mineral Society
Michael Stewart
Georgia Mineral Society
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Nicole and Neko Grieves
Georgia Mineral Society
John & Linda Rees
Northeast Georgia Mineral Society
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The following is a picture of the pile of talc that made it into our truck. Talc
makes excellent give-away material, especially to kids who love to scratch it! I can hear them chanting
now . . it's number one . . . it's number one . . .
Click on specimen picture to enlarge
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