CompuServe Messages

John, > I am new to CIM and am looking for people who are interested in mineral collecting. I am quite > serious about it. Well, you've found one. Collecting is my most number-one most serious pastime out of a slew of others. > I recently hit a large pocket of crystal quartz in Moosup CT. Other people had worked the site > for about 29 years. I came along on the day that the tunnel opened up into a pocket three feet > high and about nine feet in diameter. Two friends and I spent four days (and nights) working the > hole. We pulled out nearly 600 pieces ranging in size of about an inch to two feet across, that > particular piece now sits in my living room. Wow. 🙂 I bet you were one excited fellow… There was an amethist vug discovered up there a year or so ago… really a great find – you know about that one? > I noticed your message talked about metal on metal. Very dangerous. Safety glasses a must. Yep, I use 'em. > I have recently discovered a granitic pegmatite in Alstead NH, long famous for them, which > shows some promising signs. Good mineralization and crystals of mica several inches across. > Also, good size feldspar and a small green beryl. The beryl got me excited. I'll be working it > again this spring. I have never had the pleasure of working a northeastern peg… I would love to. Beryl, tourmaline and similar xtals are rare in my collection. I have located a peg here in Montana, but I found it in the snow and I can't really effectively work it until this spring… most of it is under dirt so I really have no idea how well it might turn out. I am hopeful. 🙂 Ben