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Old Prismatic faceting machine
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<blockquote data-quote="johnful" data-source="post: 381785" data-attributes="member: 11662"><p>Hi Debbie</p><p></p><p>I live in a suburb of Augusta, GA. I'm 45 miles from Graves Mountain. About 40 miles from Jackson's Crossroads. 25 miles from Germany Creek. 40 miles from Long Cane Branch. 60 Miles from Cunningham Farm ... etc... etc... etc... It's a good location to live.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of Agates, I have accumulated quite a bit of Savannah River Agate over the years. Nice colors and filled with fossil shells. I don't cab much; I mainly collect it as display specimens. The little vugs or cavities are filled with druzy quartz.</p><p></p><p>Surprises come along all the time. One time about 5 years ago a new road was cut a few miles from where I live. I noticed the material looked a lot like some a bit further north where I had found almandine garnets. I asked the crew if I could have a few pieces and they let me take "as much as I wanted". Turns out it was filled with deep red (almost black) garnets the largest of which was about half an inch in diameter. I have a whole bag full of them and they do look gemmy. I'll cut a few one of these days.</p><p></p><p>Of course I get out to Graves Mountain frequently. I have a fairly good collection of large rutile crystals. Some are as big as your fist.</p><p></p><p>J</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnful, post: 381785, member: 11662"] Hi Debbie I live in a suburb of Augusta, GA. I'm 45 miles from Graves Mountain. About 40 miles from Jackson's Crossroads. 25 miles from Germany Creek. 40 miles from Long Cane Branch. 60 Miles from Cunningham Farm ... etc... etc... etc... It's a good location to live. Speaking of Agates, I have accumulated quite a bit of Savannah River Agate over the years. Nice colors and filled with fossil shells. I don't cab much; I mainly collect it as display specimens. The little vugs or cavities are filled with druzy quartz. Surprises come along all the time. One time about 5 years ago a new road was cut a few miles from where I live. I noticed the material looked a lot like some a bit further north where I had found almandine garnets. I asked the crew if I could have a few pieces and they let me take "as much as I wanted". Turns out it was filled with deep red (almost black) garnets the largest of which was about half an inch in diameter. I have a whole bag full of them and they do look gemmy. I'll cut a few one of these days. Of course I get out to Graves Mountain frequently. I have a fairly good collection of large rutile crystals. Some are as big as your fist. J [/QUOTE]
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