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Originally Posted by SpiritWarrior
Did you only find quartz? I see you mentioned 2 large buckets - that's a good deal for $20 as the cluster version above would sell from $5-10 alone in stores. Not too shabby...still, you are putting in the labor so I guess it adds up in a sense. All in the fun I imagine. I like that you can find rose quartz, does this grow in the same pointed clusters as clear?
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Just quartz unfortunately. Everything from some small single thumb sized points to the larger single crystal and several clusters. We actually have a couple of clusters bigger than the one shown in the pic. Both my wife and I were digging too - an all day affair. She reminded me that we actually paid 15$ each. I figure we more than got our money's worth in crystals but we had a lot of fun as well. The only downside was a few stiff back muscles. Oh there was also all of the nasty red clay we had to wash out of our clothes.
And yes rose quartz comes in clusters as well. AFAIK all quartz varieties can be found in clusters including clear, rose, amethyst, smokey, rutilated, elestial, citrine, dendritic, and enhydro quartz.
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Originally Posted by Larry_OHF
My dad's wife said they went to that emerald mine in Hiddenite, paid $50 and found an emerald that after cutting and polishing, was valued at $700.
Thanks Micah! By the way, I almost came out your way tomorrow. I was asked to do a job in Asheville tomorrow at 12pm, but we have another guy out that way today who's gonna stay the night somewhere so he'll be there already for tomorrow...and I will do his job in High Point.
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Shame you aren't going to be in the area. Could have stopped by to say hi!
High Point is just a BIT too far away for a quick side trip.
I've haven't checked out any of the local gem digging spots yet.