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Bruce Stark
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Location: Dundas Tasmania
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 Posted: Jul 15, 2013 02:27 Post subject: Re: CROCOITE! A Huge New Pocket From The Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
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| Good job John! As a friend and working buddy at the Adelaide mine, I want to thank you for sharing this great pictorial guide of this exceptional find. Since you were here last, there has been more great stories. more outstanding specimens coming out, and a whole bunch of new challenges every day. And friends. if John ask you if he can play at your mine, you should let him....and go play with him!
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BlueCapProductions
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| Posted: Jul 15, 2013 20:07 Post subject: Re: CROCOITE! A Huge New Pocket From The Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
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Bruce,
You're not kidding about the new specimens.
Here are a couple of shots I just received showing more Crocoite specimens. If you compare to some of the previous images that were posted, you'll immediately see that the crystals look like they're getting longer and THICKER!!!!
I'm looking forward to the email I hope I'll get soon that will say, "Bryan, MAJOR new discovery. Get your butt down here with ALL your cameras!!!!"
Cheers!
-Bryan
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Bruce Stark
Joined: 28 Jun 2013
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Location: Dundas Tasmania
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| Posted: Jul 16, 2013 23:19 Post subject: Re: CROCOITE! A Huge New Pocket From The Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Austra |
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That's right Bryan, that's what I'm facing now.. I only took those pics last week. And to show what a work in progress it is, let me share this profile of the cavity floor.. Above the glove is the usual debris of black rounded blobs with the large jagged dropped wall slabs.. Coming down to glove level, I took out a 6" layer of loose debri, consisting of mostly dirt and crocoite singles up to 4" long. Below the glove is a dirty mass of intersecting crocoite crystals up to 6" long. So what I'm saying is, there is at least an 8" layer of crocoite matrix holding up the crystals you just showed off above.. My aim is to get that 2' piece out, in 1 piece.
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Bruce Stark
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| Posted: Jul 16, 2013 23:37 Post subject: Re: CROCOITE! A Huge New Pocket From The Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Austra |
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Plucked from the lower cavity, bottom left in previous pic.
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Bruce Stark
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| Posted: Jul 17, 2013 00:24 Post subject: Re: CROCOITE! A Huge New Pocket From The Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Austra |
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Close-ups, insitu
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BlueCapProductions
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| Posted: Jul 17, 2013 01:12 Post subject: Re: CROCOITE! A Huge New Pocket From The Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
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They're like underground sea urchins.
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jul 17, 2013 10:41 Post subject: Re: CROCOITE! A Huge New Pocket From The Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Austra |
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| Bruce Stark wrote: | | Plucked from the lower cavity, bottom left in previous pic. |
Amazing work and fantastic specimen. Thanks.
Don
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John Cornish
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| Posted: Jul 25, 2013 07:32 Post subject: Re: CROCOITE! A Huge New Pocket From The Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the great comments and the additional updates!!!
I'm totally all a 'twitch as I check-out these newest photos and read of the mine's newest thrills... What FUN!!!
Denver is coming up and we're working on getting Adam to the show for the first time. I can't wait to see the newest treasures... even if I didn't get to collect 'em! Great job Bruce!!!
I look forward to reading of your newest experiences and if really lucky, seeing the photos of your newest discoveries and developments!
This, the Red River find, is a true World Class discovery and that it is being so thouroughly documented, well heck, it just makes me very, very happy!
All the very best everyone, take care,
John
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bob kerr
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| Posted: Feb 27, 2014 21:55 Post subject: Adelaide Mine Crocoite delivery in Tucson 2014 |
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For the second year now, Adam Wright of the Adelaide Mine has delivered his entire shipment of crocoite to my house in Tucson (actually the house belongs to 79 Mine co-owner John Callahans' mom, Dorothy, from whom we rent it). this year's specimens were so much better than past shipments that I thought I'd share some photos of the unpacking. so here goes.
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| a close-up of possibly the best specimen |
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| EXCELLENT packing. only one specimen received damage but it was still not totaled - Adam dubbed it "Survivor 2" as a similar situation occued last year |
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bob kerr
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| Posted: Feb 27, 2014 22:13 Post subject: Re: Adelaide Mine Crocoite delivery 2014 |
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some photos from Adams room prior to opening
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| the vast majority of these housed specimens now grace the collections of numerous people |
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| a very interesting novelty this year was crocoite on botryoidal gibbsite (or maybe dundasite) |
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| a very interesting novelty this year was crocoite on botryoidal gibbsite (or maybe dundasite) |
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nicu
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2014 00:52 Post subject: Re: Adelaide Mine Crocoite delivery 2014 |
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All our thanks for sharing these wonderful photos !
Nicu
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2014 01:08 Post subject: Re: Adelaide Mine Crocoite delivery 2014 |
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Beautiful crocoites !!! I was fortunate enough to meet Adam and spend some time in his room.
Thanks for posting, Bob.
Don
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LeadMineGal
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2014 08:12 Post subject: Re: Adelaide Mine Crocoite delivery 2014 |
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Sweet!
Beautiful specimens - thank you for sharing.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2014 12:47 Post subject: Re: Adelaide Mine Crocoite delivery 2014 |
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These new finds are so beautiful! Especially those specimens with the white contrasting mineral, they are the greatest crocoite specimens i've ever seen!
Tobi
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John Medici
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2014 15:00 Post subject: Re: Adelaide Mine Crocoite delivery in Tucson 2014 |
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Super specimens, Bob - like a bunch of orange porcupines! Bet the packing was fun!
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