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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Fossicking Pegmatites and Granite Deposits
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<blockquote data-quote="RedDirtDigger" data-source="post: 314663" data-attributes="member: 2964"><p>Hi Geojade. re searching techniques in granite. I have done a lot of fossicking in granite for pegmatites. Finding a small mineralised zone in granite can give you a treasure casket of crystals. I like to walk around with a pick and look for quartz coming out on a slope and following it up slope and looking for a vein. Concentrations of quartz and soil colour change can point to where the main blob of pegmatite concentration is. You will do a lot of test dig holes. I have found some great pockets of smokey and amethyst crystals in small hourglass shaped pockets. Binoculars are useful to look at slopes for signs of quartz. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes Geological maps will tell you if pegmatites occur in the description of the granite. The maps can point you to different granite batholiths so you can check out some different aged granites and increase your chances of finding one with pegmatite zones.</p><p></p><p>Big slabs of granite can sometimes have circular moss patches on crystal pockets. I tap my pick on any likely looking moss patch and have found some nice cavities up to 1/2 metre wide and 1.5 metres deep with loose crystals still sitting at the bottom of them.</p><p></p><p>In really rotted granite areas it gets harder and track cuttings and erosion gullies are the go if there is not much outcropped bedrock areas to check out.</p><p></p><p>As for beechworth Many years ago in the granite near Wooraggi creek? I found some smokeys on slopes and a few small crystals in veins in bedrock (need chisel and hammer).</p><p></p><p>Best of luck, Cheers RDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedDirtDigger, post: 314663, member: 2964"] Hi Geojade. re searching techniques in granite. I have done a lot of fossicking in granite for pegmatites. Finding a small mineralised zone in granite can give you a treasure casket of crystals. I like to walk around with a pick and look for quartz coming out on a slope and following it up slope and looking for a vein. Concentrations of quartz and soil colour change can point to where the main blob of pegmatite concentration is. You will do a lot of test dig holes. I have found some great pockets of smokey and amethyst crystals in small hourglass shaped pockets. Binoculars are useful to look at slopes for signs of quartz. Sometimes Geological maps will tell you if pegmatites occur in the description of the granite. The maps can point you to different granite batholiths so you can check out some different aged granites and increase your chances of finding one with pegmatite zones. Big slabs of granite can sometimes have circular moss patches on crystal pockets. I tap my pick on any likely looking moss patch and have found some nice cavities up to 1/2 metre wide and 1.5 metres deep with loose crystals still sitting at the bottom of them. In really rotted granite areas it gets harder and track cuttings and erosion gullies are the go if there is not much outcropped bedrock areas to check out. As for beechworth Many years ago in the granite near Wooraggi creek? I found some smokeys on slopes and a few small crystals in veins in bedrock (need chisel and hammer). Best of luck, Cheers RDD [/QUOTE]
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