DDancer
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- Mar 25, 2014
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Well I got back from my walk about in Australia a bit ago now. The prospect this year didn't go so well for the gold but I did pick up a few other goodies to share. One of my bucket items was Chrysoprase and I knew it occurred near the area's I was prospecting in this year in West Australia. My mate pointed me in the direction that he and his wife had come across the stone years ago~ alas I did not find that spot~ and with a few days of driving the fence lines and walking the bush I finally found the indicators for it.
Chrysoprase being a green member of the Chalcedony group means ya look for chalcedony
Its not uncommon to find in the gold fields but the translucent and blue varieties are good indicators for the green.
Some times called white chrysoprase by the locals (above image) or blue chrysoprase, due to dark inclusions of dendrites that I could not image well, (below image)
Are what I looked for. After that it was just fossiking around looking for green.
I stopped in an interesting area where someone had at one point in time made a small pile of this material next to an old track and decided to make camp. Here are some of the rocks I pulled outta the pile, as well as some of the low grade chrysoprase I picked up the next day and other material from a few stops along the way:
While walking around to pick the best spot to set up for the night I came across a small piece of stone with just a fleck of the green I was looking for in it. This made me quite happy Unfortunate though it was to small for me to get an image of but I can show you the evening colors at camp :
The next morning I set about walking the hillside with my nose to the ground looking for a little more green. I was finally rewarded with some low grade chrysoprase and my prize bit of deep green layered in the host rock :
I only spent the day there as I had resupply and other obligations back in town to attend but for only a day I got something I came for and other interesting bits as well during the trip. Oh and I did find gold but thats another story and kinda sad this year.
Hope you enjoy.
DD
Chrysoprase being a green member of the Chalcedony group means ya look for chalcedony
Its not uncommon to find in the gold fields but the translucent and blue varieties are good indicators for the green.
Some times called white chrysoprase by the locals (above image) or blue chrysoprase, due to dark inclusions of dendrites that I could not image well, (below image)
Are what I looked for. After that it was just fossiking around looking for green.
I stopped in an interesting area where someone had at one point in time made a small pile of this material next to an old track and decided to make camp. Here are some of the rocks I pulled outta the pile, as well as some of the low grade chrysoprase I picked up the next day and other material from a few stops along the way:
While walking around to pick the best spot to set up for the night I came across a small piece of stone with just a fleck of the green I was looking for in it. This made me quite happy
Unfortunate though it was to small for me to get an image of but I can show you the evening colors at camp :
The next morning I set about walking the hillside with my nose to the ground looking for a little more green. I was finally rewarded with some low grade chrysoprase and my prize bit of deep green layered in the host rock :
I only spent the day there as I had resupply and other obligations back in town to attend but for only a day I got something I came for and other interesting bits as well during the trip. Oh and I did find gold but thats another story and kinda sad this year.
Hope you enjoy.
DD
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