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My brother mines for a living in the Artic Circle for gold. He says he has 100 lb crystal rocks and I can have all I want. Says they are really tough to even chip. The catch...shipping is .35 lb just to get them to fairbanks.
Being a rock green horn...makes me wonder the value of these. Most crystal type rocks for sale are 10 bucks a pound or more. ideas???
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Some of those thunder egg crystals I have seen in art gallery's etc. fetch a pretty penny. $35 to ship a hundred pound rock is awfully pricey but if you can get good money for it down here, why not.
What kind of crystal is it?
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busybeaver
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Thats part of the problem..he is no geologist, so types are really a unknown. They do have geologists so maybe this year he should ask ![[Smile]](images/icons/smile.gif) .
They hit a rich vein of copper that the geologist flew in to drill. Heck and they were only after gold ![[Wink]](images/icons/wink.gif)
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Boy, don't you wish we could hit the Lotto so we could afford to pursue all of these interesting things...you know..jump on a plane and go see for ourselves..in between fishing everywhere and anywhere we wanted?
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busybeaver
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Another problem is he could tell me what kind they are and I would say oh cool...what color is that... ![[Roll Eyes]](images/icons/rolleyes.gif) I am rock ignorant most of the time, but am picking it up some. Mushrooming came easier, must be the easier identification books.
Know of any books that make rock identification easy? Rocks for dummies ![[Big Grin]](images/icons/grin.gif)
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I popped into Barnes and Noble one day and perused the rock books. There are a few decent guides but none that I say really tickled my fancy.
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Thanks I will keep my eye open for a decent one. I have some of the basic washington mineral ones, but they don't really help.
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Check out the Audubon Society's "Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals".
I've used this little guide for twenty or thirty years without getting stumped in identifying anything. It's over 600 pages of comprehensive information in compact form with lots of color pictures and keys to identifying rocks and crystals and costs less than $20.00.
I highly recommend this concise and easy to use guide.
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Thanks plunk its on its way. I have been in need of a good reference book.
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