Description: In this photo, lower left, you can see the cut I’ve made under the wall defining the base of the specimen I hoped to recover. At this point the base of the wall is completely unsupported. Near the center of the photo, you can see where I’ve broken through into the pocket and have begun my upper cut separating the back-side of the wall from its host matrix. The faint lighter-colored scar rising above this area defines the cut I’ll be making.

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