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Pierre Joubert
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 Posted: Nov 19, 2013 01:29 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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| Mike Wood wrote: | Good to see your quartz outings postings Pierre, we've been missing you !
I have also been eating trout lately, once a week, from the supermarket, grilled. Very tasty but not as good as the real thing ;-)
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Thank you for the regards Mike. You live in a country well known for it's troutfishing. Have you not considered purchasing flyfishing gear and catching your own supper? Best regards.
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Mike Wood
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| Posted: Nov 19, 2013 15:37 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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Hello Pierre; actually I used to go fishing, my uncle bought me some fishing tackle when I was 10 years old! He used to take me fishing for a few years, though it was only spinning for trout in his local river. I never progressed beyond this level. Other interests took over - climbing, caving, mineral collecting etc.
That's a nice brace of fish you've got there, by the way. Bet you couldn't eat a whole one! Actually I take that back: I bet you could.
Regards, Mike
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Nov 20, 2013 02:52 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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| Mike Wood wrote: | Hello Pierre; actually I used to go fishing, my uncle bought me some fishing tackle when I was 10 years old! He used to take me fishing for a few years, though it was only spinning for trout in his local river. I never progressed beyond this level. Other interests took over - climbing, caving, mineral collecting etc.
That's a nice brace of fish you've got there, by the way. Bet you couldn't eat a whole one! Actually I take that back: I bet you could.
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Hi Mike. One of that trout would feed 4 people (not the hungry type). If you ever visit SA, I can take you to places where there are exciting caves wich must house fantastic quartz crystals. I am no good with climbing, so I can only dream about their contents:-)
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| Posted: Jan 13, 2014 05:51 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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Pierre
Happy New Year
As promised, a photo of Ceres, as you have never seen it before I imagine
James
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Jan 13, 2014 06:49 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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| James wrote: | Pierre
Happy New Year
As promised, a photo of Ceres, as you have never seen it before I imagine
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Hi James. Thank you for the New year wish. May you and your family also have a wonderful year. What a beautiful small town! Thank you for the lovely photo. Our town is extremely pretty with a river running through it and plenty of trees, mostly oak. I should wait till winter and post a few pics. Best regards.
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2014 12:31 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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It has been a while since I added to my thread due to a lack of outings and too much to do. With a change in weather, we are slowly getting out more and on one such an outing, a few weeks ago, I discovered one of the better pockets I have found yet in our direct area. I suppose I must give some credit to my wife, as this new pocket was only about 30 cm above an old pocket she discovered last year. A solid quartz reef separated the two. I removed about 3 bread bags of crystals and yesterday Riana cleaned out the remaining crystals from this delightful treasure chest. Fortunately I photographed this occasion, so may you enjoy this outing with us.
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Quartz with chlorite
Western Cape, South Africa
25 x 18 x 15 mm
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| The pocket and the direct area around it. |
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| A close up of the pocket in the beginning stages of my dig |
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| Crystals waiting to be removed. |
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| A specimen fresh from the ground. |
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| Some more crystals waiting for my attention. |
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| A large specimen I left for the next time which Riana removed. |
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| This is the total of the crystals I removed from this pocket. Riana removed some more on the following trip. |
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2014 12:44 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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Some photos of our dig yesterday. While Riana was cleaning out the pocket, I walked around and found another fairly large pocket. While removing some of it's contents, I was bitten by a number of ants which had a nest right next to the pocket.
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Apr 07, 2014 10:04 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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Here are a few semi clean to clean specimens from this pocket. A lot of these have fascinating small green ball-like inclusions (probably chlorite).
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Quartz
Western Cape, South Africa
50 x 11 x 10 mm
Some crystals are glass clear with small balls of green chlorite. |
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Quartz
Western Cape, South Africa
53 x 30 x 15 mm
A few floaters like these also came out of this 'joy' pocket. |
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Western Cape, South Africa
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Quartz
Western Cape, South Africa
both 50 mm long
Some of these clear ones are just of the most beautiful I have seen. |
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Chris Rayburn
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2014 06:58 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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| Congratulations on another successful dig Pierre and Riana! The clear points are just beautiful.
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Joan Martinez Bruguera
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2014 08:14 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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Congratulations friend Pierre and Riana by the finding of these beautiful crystals, a great time watching me pics of your reports. Keep it up, very nice.
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2014 07:50 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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| Joan Martinez Bruguera wrote: | Congratulations friend Pierre and Riana by the finding of these beautiful crystals, a great time watching me pics of your reports. Keep it up, very nice.
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Hi Joan Martinez. Thank you for your comment. I am glad you enjoyed the photos and comments. I also love to read and view articles about mineral discoveries.
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2014 08:06 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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| Chris Rayburn wrote: | | Congratulations on another successful dig Pierre and Riana! The clear points are just beautiful. |
Sorry Chris, I missed your comment on the previous page. Thank you. We are the only people (and a few of our friends that occasionaly join us) that dig here. Loose crystals are fairly easy to find (mostly broken) but the pockets are not that easy. It mostly requires hours of searching and spot digging, but hard work is often rewarded.
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Chris Rayburn
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| Posted: Apr 10, 2014 09:36 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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| If finding pockets was easy, it wouldn't be nearly as thrilling!
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Apr 10, 2014 10:48 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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| Chris Rayburn wrote: | | If finding pockets was easy, it wouldn't be nearly as thrilling! |
Hi Chris. That may be true, but I am more than willing to give it a try (easy pockets):-)
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Mike Wood
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| Posted: Apr 10, 2014 15:00 Post subject: Re: Quartz collecting outings in South Africa |
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Hi Pierre,
nice to see you've been out digging again. What lovely quartz crystals they are!
Looks like you have been much more successful than I have recently - I went to Skye again a couple of weeks ago and came back with only ONE mediocre specimen!
Regards to yourself and Riana,
Mike
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