| Sixty-six people
attended from as far away as Florida. Clubs were there from Fla., Ga.,
Tn., Va., S.C., and N.C. The quarry wasn't running, so we had the pit to
ourselves. It was a beautiful day in the low 80's and the key there was
no rain. It was the first Saturday in a long time with such weather. Some
people didn't have much luck finding nice mineral samples, but enjoyed
the exercise and walking around the quarry on a pretty day. Others found
exceptional samples of tourmaline, garnet, apatite, and siderite. One supposed
small aquamarine beryl crystal was found early in the day. Of course the
best material was found just before we had to leave. It was in a pegmatite
zone that contained beautiful garnets, a couple were dime to nickel size
and appeared to be faceting quality, In addition, black tourmaline was
found in this zone, some up to five or six inches long and 1/2" in diameter.
All in all, every had a great time. This person enjoyed meeting numerous
people from other cubs and looks forward to the next Dixie trip.
Jim Stroud
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Lowell Baker |
 |