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Topic: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed | |
vadim Replies: 18 Views: 45879 |
Forum: Rockhounding trips Posted: Dec 13, 2022 08:25 Subject: Re: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed |
Yes, on Mt. Meron and other Northern Galilee mountains you can find a lot of such geodes. I cracked some of them -- all were fully solid inside, not beautiful crystals :)
I think you can find some ... |
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Topic: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed | |
vadim Replies: 18 Views: 45879 |
Forum: Rockhounding trips Posted: Dec 12, 2022 09:38 Subject: Re: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed |
after looking quite a bit more, the Carmel mountain area and Kishon river are most often mentioned when it comes to a wide variety of gemstones. is this not true? https://www.mindat.org/loc-260089. ... |
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Topic: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed | |
vadim Replies: 18 Views: 45879 |
Forum: Rockhounding trips Posted: Dec 11, 2022 05:17 Subject: Re: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed |
Well, there are not much rockhounding options in the North... Quarz geodes were reported on Meron mountain and other Galilee places. https://goo.gl/maps/r5zNujwtkxpjmJGv8 (link normalized ... |
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Topic: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed | |
vadim Replies: 18 Views: 45879 |
Forum: Rockhounding trips Posted: Jul 26, 2022 05:52 Subject: Re: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed |
Hello Eitan. Not sure it's still relevant for you (two years passed) but there are some spots in Israel. Gypsum, Sulphur, garnets, dendrites, [poor] copper minerals, calcite, white quartz, pyrite, hal ... | |
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