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thecrystalfinder
Joined: 20 Jan 2008
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Location: BC
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Posted: Apr 25, 2017 16:11 Post subject: Fluorite from Whiteman Creek, Vernon, BC, Canada |
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I am a prospector. I search for new gemstone sites in British Columbia, Canada. I have been studying geology reports all winter and went to find a fluorite site on Whiteman Creek, Vernon, BC with some friends. They walked into the woods and I said lets go check out these cliffs. They kept walking so I said I would meet up with them later. I went down to the cliffs and noticed very very small white fluorite crystals along a crack in the cliff. I started digging and the crack turned into a cleft or pocket and these nice color change fluorites with eye and blue line phantoms came out. The site is claimed (Isometric claim). I hope to work the site with my partners with tools in the future. For now its a one time find of fluorite from the blue root pocket.
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Whiteman creek, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada | |
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Cleft that produced fluorite crystals |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Whiteman creek, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada | |
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Best crystal to come from pocket all covered in clay. |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Whiteman creek, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada | |
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Best crystal found in the cleft all cleaned up. |
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_________________ Hi My Name is Herb Hyder and I have been prospecting for Gemstones in BC Canada for over 11 years :) |
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thecrystalfinder
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Posted: Apr 25, 2017 16:13 Post subject: Re: Fluorite from Whiteman Creek, Vernon, BC, Canada |
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Another pic of the best crystal found
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Whiteman creek, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada | |
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_________________ Hi My Name is Herb Hyder and I have been prospecting for Gemstones in BC Canada for over 11 years :) |
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kushmeja
Joined: 28 Jul 2014
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Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Apr 25, 2017 16:24 Post subject: Re: Fluorite from Whiteman creek, Vernon, BC, Canada |
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Looks like a solid find! Nice morphology on those crystals!
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Bob Carnein
Joined: 22 Aug 2013
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Location: Florissant, CO
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Posted: Apr 25, 2017 18:27 Post subject: Re: Fluorite from Whiteman creek, Vernon, BC, Canada |
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Very nice, indeed! I had never heard of this locality.
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 26, 2017 09:27 Post subject: Re: Fluorite from Whiteman creek, Vernon, BC, Canada |
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What a great find, congratulations! A dream for a prospector to open such a cleft with superb fluorites. And they ARE really superb, with their light-blue colour and their morphology they remind me of those from Shangbao Mine (Hunan/China) which has become one of the most-desired localities for fluorite collectors. Just great, thank you so much for sharing your finds with us. I wish you many more of these wonderful specimens - and us here more pictures of them :-)
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Bob Harman
Joined: 06 Nov 2015
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Posted: Apr 26, 2017 11:50 Post subject: Re: Fluorite from Whiteman creek, Vernon, BC, Canada |
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I agree.....what a great find!..... I spent several years in Spokane Washington and poked around a bit in SE B.C., not too far from you, in the Nelson and Trail areas.
I know how great it feels when your field collecting finally leads to finding some truly hi quality finds. BOB
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