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RE: An opal of a different color.
Nice stuff DH! We keep meaning to get to one of the pay to dig places. We have some really nice small specimens that we need to take to the grinder. I love the diversity of opal.
I really want to go to the Crater Of Diamonds park. How cool would it be to find your own diamond? The only actual pay to dig mine I've been to was a gold mine. Roaring Camp near Jacksonville Ca. I just went on the day tour but would love to rent a cabin for a few days sometime. I found lots of garnets and gold flakes with my sluice box. One guy found a decent little nugget.
AHHHHH! All this talk about gems and minerals and gold gets my blood pumping. I have a little obsession with hopes of going to Crater of Diamonds Park. I'm such a lame rockhound though because I dont really care about monetary value...I just wanna find some pretties. Not to say I wouldnt be elated with a diamond find.
Have you ever looked into the Royal Peacock Opal Mine in NV? I wanna go there soon!
Ya and the rainbow spectrum mine owns the fire agate claim in Southern Ca. As well as the Sunstone mine up there. Hostestly it's my dream to get decent R.V. and travel the country going to all the best rockhounding places. A converted bus that runs on vegi oil would be ideal so I could save on gas. I'd Follow the rock and gem shows so I could vend my jewelry and rocks. Hit some dead shows and festivals to sell tie dyes too. I've got this old 1970 chevelle wagon I need to get running and get some body work done. That would be a good bargoning chip, to trade for one, eventually.