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vadim
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 Posted: Dec 12, 2022 09:38 Post subject: Re: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed |
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| Gali Bondoc wrote: |
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?
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Well all the talks about Carmel and Kishon gemstones originate from the company "Shefa Yamim" (check the internet) which mined in these hopeless regions so desperately that eventually found -- microscopic specimens of some gemstones. Your chances to find there something interesting are infinitesimal. Ok, I found some garnets near Yokneam but it is not worth: https://youtube.com/shorts/76F73bjmUTg
Regarding the southern regions, the most interesting are Eilat mountains and Makhtesh Ramon. Near Dead Sea I found sulfur, gypsum. Baryte is reported near Arad.
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Gali Bondoc
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| Posted: Dec 12, 2022 14:00 Post subject: Re: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed |
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| vadim wrote: | | Gali Bondoc wrote: |
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.html |
Well all the talks about Carmel and Kishon gemstones originate from the company "Shefa Yamim" (check the internet) which mined in these hopeless regions so desperately that eventually found -- microscopic specimens of some gemstones. Your chances to find there something interesting are infinitesimal. Ok, I found some garnets near Yokneam but it is not worth: https://youtube.com/shorts/76F73bjmUTg
Regarding the southern regions, the most interesting are Eilat mountains and Makhtesh Ramon. Near Dead Sea I found sulfur, gypsum. Baryte is reported near Arad. |
Oh, I see. Well, I don't think we will go mining anything... So is it a waste of time trying rivers? I am not looking for anything grand, but it'd be nice to find some pretty stones :)
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alfredo
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| Posted: Dec 12, 2022 19:44 Post subject: Re: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed |
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Chalcedony/Quartz nodules are abundant on some parts of the slopes of Mt Meron, looking like cauliflower on the outside, occasionally with hollow centers. Nothing terribly exciting.
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vadim
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| Posted: Dec 13, 2022 08:25 Post subject: Re: Rockhounding in Israel - contact needed |
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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 something interesing there only by chance... So just enjoy nature and wonderful sights of Galilean pseudo-autumn:)
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