Digging into Pegmatite 3.

[wilfndgold1]

Well I havent posted in awhile Ive recently moved. Plus my other pc took a dump. Now I live near Bautista canyon, Cahuilla mountain that area, (he he). Anyway tomorrow im gonna go check out a new area were theres a hell alot of pegmatite Temescal plut
on. (see photos.) Ill take pictures post them when I get back.

 

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[IAMZIM]

I see alot of red dirt there, whenever I break into a pocket, smokey or amethyst, I almost always hit red clay! Looks like some potential there......

 

[Eu_citzen]

yup! We're waiting for the report!

 

[wilfndgold1]

I wasnt able to find a way to drive up to the spots i wanted to check so I had to hike and boy Im outa shape when I got there the clouds were gone it was hittin like 92 deg so I didnt last long Ill be going back and posting more pics soon. O k I found some Green crystals I dont think it was tourmaline I think it was Epidote? you can see some in the pic where im holding a piece . It think it might be a good area for gold theres a lot of iron.

 

[wilfndgold1]

OK so I went back to my original spot in perris the other day. The homeless guy is gone , Anyway someone had moved to big Quartz boulders that i was digging around I dont think they knew what they were doing. But I did find what looks like a poor quality aquamarine it is blue so that means that spot has potential. See pics.

 

[wilfndgold1]

I looked up some old USGS mineral reports some from like 1969 one interesting mineral they mention finding there is Opal! I remember finding some pieces that had some different shinny colors in it a long time ago that got lost I bet it could have been opal. Well now I know. I read some of the unusual minerals out there are radioactive. pretty cool though.

 

[wilfndgold1]

Some of the Mica I found.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Nice aqua! Opal has a glassy surface and is scratched by quartz. That's what I'd keep in mind.
Not all opal has play of colour.

 

[wilfndgold1]

Another interesting thing I read in there was chalcocite, Secondary copper minerals. Has to do with supergene enrichment?

 

[wilfndgold1]

OK I busted open a piece of peg there was A little Beryl crystal only this one was gemmy and clear it broke but I got some pics so u can see its better quality. What I need is to get a hose out there hit the peg with some water then I could really see whats there.

 

[wilfndgold1]

Whoo now thats a big ass piece of Beryl.

 

[wilfndgold1]

Or this one,

 

[hvacker]

Beryl can grow big. I have a report from Rio Arriba county in New Mexico of one found in the 1940's that was
almost 7 feet long and it's probably not close to a record.

 

[IAMZIM]

Very cool gemmy piece! Looks very promising to me!

 

[wilfndgold1]

Heres a really cool site can learn about diggin Gem stones from Pegmatite: Coromoto Minerals In Maine

 

[Eu_citzen]

Yup, that's a nice one! Near facet grade!

 

[wilfndgold1]

Well since theres zero water out there I was thinking of maybe trying something like this, Just for small areas, Replace the spray nozzle with high pressure nozzle

 

[Eu_citzen]

With what purpose?

 

[wilfndgold1]

A lot of the rock there is covered in that rust colored clay dirt, I cant tell what is what. And to blast dirt out from in betweeen rock. Try and make it easier Ha. An alternative to broom or brushes.

 

[wilfndgold1]

EU you asked me about zoning if I could tell areas of Quartz, Felspar. If I can find zones of more Quartz etc, were would you suggest working more?