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thecrystalfinder
Joined: 20 Jan 2008
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Location: BC
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 Posted: Sep 24, 2013 12:59 Post subject: Large smoky quartz/citrine crystals found in BC Canada |
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Hi my name is Herb Hyder, I have been prospecting for gemstones and minerals here in BC canada for the past 15 years. This year I made some amazing discoveries. This was the last find of the season. sadly it is snowing up in the mountains now so I will have to wait until next july before I can go searching for more. These are the biggest crystals I have ever found in my life and as far as I know the biggest to ever be found in BC canada. I found them near my aquamarine showing near Revelstoke BC canada. There are lots of pegmatites in the area that have cavities with smoky quartz crystals and black tourmaline and aquamarine as well as garnets and books of muscovite mica. when I first found this pegmatite I thought I was rich for I had hope the 3 foot by 2 foot cavity would have aquamarines. sadly all it had was smoky quartz/citrine crystals, but the good news is they are the biggest I have ever found. cant wait for the 2014 season to continue exploration
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Green Dream Claim Revelstoke BC Canada
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Green Dream Claim Revelstoke BC Canada
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large smoky quartz crystal/citrine I found at my claims near Revelstoke BC |
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Green Dream Claim Revelstoke BC Canada
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large smoky quartz/citrine I found at my claims near revelstoke, now held to the light |
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| a view of the mega pocket that yielded all those nice big crystals :) |
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| looking inside the pocket you can see mica rich clay and several smoky quartz crystals ready to be dug out |
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| total haul of smoky quartz crystals from the pocket 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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vic rzonca
Joined: 18 Nov 2008
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Location: MA
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2013 13:23 Post subject: Re: large smoky quartz/citrine crystals found in BC Canada |
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| Nice Herb. Citrine at size. Your work has paid off.
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Pierre Joubert
Joined: 09 Mar 2012
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Location: Western Cape
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2013 15:43 Post subject: Re: Large smoky quartz/citrine crystals found in BC Canada |
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Well done Herb! As Vic said, your hard work has paid off. There will be more, and perhaps even bigger pockets in that area. Be careful who you tell.
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John Cornish
Joined: 19 Oct 2009
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Location: Port Angeles
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2013 07:22 Post subject: Re: Large smoky quartz/citrine crystals found in BC Canada |
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Hello Herb
Thank you for sharing your discovery story and photos with us. I will, as I'm sure most others here will agree, be looking forward to your future postings. Congratulations!
John
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