MOTHERLODE!!!

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Hey y'all! Just when I thought the good ol' smoky pocket couldn't get any better, these monster clusters popped out! The pocket (wall) cluster of smoky quartz in the first 3 pics weighs 17lbs and the giant point cluster weighs right around 20lbs. I was in absolute shock when I saw these guys pop out of the dirt! Hope y'all enjoy checking them out as much as I enjoyed finding them!
 

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Wow!...that is some gorgeous material....NICE!
Jim
 

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Holy Smokes that some nice material. What would those be worth? Those are some beauties for sure.
 

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Thanks kingskid! I've never found any other specimens of this size so I couldn't really tell you...hopefully it's a decent amount!
 

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Yessir! I have a few other posts of stones from the same location on my profile if you'd like to see more.
 

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thats the lode!
 

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Really nice..... I looked at your other post..... Dig while the diggings good....
 

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I LOVE Quartz crystals... Any color... Any size... Quartz is indeed the most common element in the earth's crust... But who doesnt like the crystals!! Spectacular!!!:thumbsup::occasion14:
 

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That's deffinatly some BANNER finds you have there! I vote BANNER!
 

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Now that is a museum quality find!
 

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wow those look cool as f@#k :icon_thumleft:
 

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WTG! Absolutely beautiful.
 

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Just awesome! These are definitely neat quartz formations. Is there a cave near by?
 

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Just awesome! These are definitely neat quartz formations. Is there a cave near by?
Not saying that there might not be a cave nearby, but it would have nothing to do with the quartz. These would have been formed in a "vug" which is a cavity that formed in the magma and filled with water, thus forming the crystals as it cooled. I would have come from a granite pegmatite. Most caves are formed in limestone, a completely different kind of rock.
 

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