Quartz, USA, Colorado to Montana

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Quartz
USA
Colorado, Chaffee Co., Mt Antero

Quartz, 3cm	© 2001 John H. Betts

No one goes to Mt. Antero to try and dig quartz crystals, they go looking for crystals of aquamarine. If you can't fine aquamarine crystals you are happy to find good Phenacite crystals, but if Quartz specimens are all you can find, well you will take those too. The locality had been prospected and dug on for more than 100 years. Probably the first notable success was Ed Over who was able to dig some good aquamarine crystals that if my memory serves me ended up at Harvard University. He camped down below timber line and each day hiked up a couple of thousand feet to his diggings. The locality is renown for its terrible electrical storms. More than one person told me that they have run down the mountain in fear of their life because of the lightning bolts striking around them. One old timer told me about the time he felt the hair on his head standing up and when he would lift his rock hammer into the air it would hum. This locality will likely never be a big producer.
[Rock Currier2009]


Quartz
USA
Colorado, Chaffee Co., Turret District

Quartz & Epidote, 3cm tall	© Karl Volkman

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Chaffee Co., Turret District, Calumet Mine (Calumet; Calumet No. 2; Hecla; Hecla No. 2; Calumet Iron Mine; Calumet-Hecla-Smithville Magnetite Deposit; Patented Placer Claims: Calumet; Hecla-Williamson; Smithville No. 2; CF&I Company Mine)

Quartz, 4.4cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz & minor Epidote, 10cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Though perhaps better know for its specimens of uralite and epidote and garnet, this locality has produces a few decent quartz specimens.


Quartz
USA
Colorado, Douglas Co., Devils Head Pegmatite District




Quartz
USA
Colorado, El Paso Co., Crystal Park

Quartz on Microcline, 4cm	© 2002 John H. Betts

Smoky Quartz, 5cm wide	© Jorge M. Alves

Quartz
USA
Colorado, El Paso Co., Pike's Peak




Quartz
USA
Colorado, Lake Co., Leadville District, Leadville




Quartz
USA
Colorado, Larimer Co., Red Feather Lakes, Pennoyer Amethyst Mine (Rainbow lode claim)

Quartz scepter, 4.5cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Mesa Co., Fruita




Quartz
USA
Colorado, Mesa Co., Mel Bersh Claims




Quartz
USA
Colorado, Mineral Co., Creede District, Amethyst Vein, Commodore Mine

Quartz & Sphalerite, 3.7cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Ouray Co., La Plata Mountain, Treasury Tunnel (Treasury Tunnel Mine)




Quartz
USA
Colorado, Ouray Co., Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), Ouray

Quartz, 9.5cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz, 7cm wide	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Quartz after calcite, 16.1cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz, 5.8cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Ouray Co., Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), Ouray, "Amphitheater" glacial cirque, Ohio Mine

Quartz on Fluorite, 9cm wide	© 2002 John H. Betts

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Ouray Co., Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), Ouray, Bear Creek Canyon, Grizzly Bear Mine

Quartz, 3.7cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Ouray Co., Red Mountain District, Idarado Mine

Quartz, 5.9cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Ouray Co., Silver Point Mine

Quartz after ?, 8cm wide	© 2002 John H. Betts

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Ouray Co., Sneffels District (Mount Sneffels District), Ouray, Camp Bird Mine




Quartz
USA
Colorado, Park Co., Lake George (Badger Flats) Area




Quartz
USA
Colorado, San Juan Co., Silverton District

Quartz, 9cm tall	© 2003 John H. Betts

Quartz on Rhodochrosite, 6cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz, 4.6cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz v. amethyst, 5.5cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Usually collectors want specimens of Rhodochrosite from Silverton rather than quartz specimens, but when offered some of the good and interesting quartz crystals from there, they buy them.


Quartz
USA
Colorado, San Miguel Co., Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), Telluride, Idarado Mine

Quartz, 7cm wide	© 2002 John H. Betts

Quartz, 10cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz,
USA
Colorado, San Miguel Co., Telluride District, Telluride




Quartz
USA
Colorado, Teller Co., Crystal Peak area, Florissant, Crystal Creek

Smoky Quartz 4cm	© 2002 John H. Betts

There are many pegmatites outcropping on both sides of Crystal Creak and in the Crystal peak region and all of them produce quartz crystals of one kind or another. Waling through the hills you can sometimes find quartz crystals laying on the surface of the ground along with pine needles. I found a nice crystal in just this way. The idea in prospecting this area is to find quartz crystals or fragments of quartz crystals in the soil and then track their source uphill till you find the pegmatite they weathered out of and then start digging. The goal is not to find fine smoky quartz crystals,which most of the quartz in this area is, but to find pockets of blue microcline crystals (amazonite) associated with smoky quartz crystals. But, if you can find only good quartz crystals, well you take those instead. Of course if you want to be cruel you scatter a few of them around for the next guy to find and make crazy dreaming of the fine pockets of crystals that they must have come from.
[Rock Currier 2009]


Quartz
USA
Colorado, Teller & Park Cos., Crystal Peak Area

Smoky Quartz on Microcline, 4cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Smoky Quartz & Albite, 5.6cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Smoky Quartz, 4.4cm	© Dan Weinrich

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Teller Co., Crystal Peak area, Dreamtime Claim

Smoky Quartz, 7.2cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Teller Co., Crystal Peak area, Smoky Hawk claim

Smoky Quartz on Amazonite, 11cm wide	©

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Teller Co., Cripple Creek District, Cripple Creek

Amethyst on Quartz, 8.3cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz
USA
Colorado, eller Co., Cripple Creek District, Doorn Mine




Quartz
USA
Colorado, Teller Co., Cripple Creek District, Moffat Tunnel




Quartz
USA
Colorado, Teller Co., Pikes Peak

Quartz &Microcline, 3.2cm	© Charles Creekmur

Amazonite, Quartz & Albite, 6.4cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz
USA
Colorado, Saguache Co., Crystal Hill District, La Garita, Crystal Hill Mine

Quartz v. amethyst, 2.8cm tall	© 2002 John H. Betts

Quartz
USA
Connecticut, Hartford Co., Canton, Rattlesnake Mt., Canton Lead Mines




Quartz
USA
Connecticut, Hartford Co., East Granby, Roncari quarry (Tilcon quarry)

Quartz, 5cm tall	© Paul Gilmore

Quartz, ~4cm wide	© Paul Gilmore

The Roncari quarry is a trap rock quarry and periodically the encounter pockets containing fine daotlite, quartz, prehnite and calcite crystals. The quartz crystals are not particularly outstanding, but they are often prismatic unlike their drusy cousins from most of their New Jersey cousins from the Watchung traps. Not many localities produce prismatic quartz with daotlite and prehnite associations, and some of them can make for striking specimens. Many quarries produce good specimen, but unless there is someone there to collect therm, they are all run through the crusher.
[Rock Currier 2009]


Quartz
USA
Connecticut, Hartford Co., New Britain

Quartz, 2.5cm wide	© 2007 Peter Cristofono

Quartz
USA
Connecticut, Litchfield Co., Morris, Morris Dam quarry

Smoky Quartz, 18cm tall

Smoky Quartz ~8cm wide

Smoky Quartz, 12cm tall

Quartz
USA
Connecticut, Middlesex Co., Portland, Collins Hill, Strickland Quarry




Quartz
USA
Connecticut, New London Co., North Stonington, Lantern Hill Quarry (Silex Quarry)




Quartz
USA
Connecticut, Tolland Co., Stafford, Diamond Ledge

Quartz xls. & casts after laumontite, 16cm	© Henry Minot

Quartz
USA
Connecticut, Tolland Co., Willington, West Willington, Becker Quarry (Becker's Quarry)

Smoky Quartz, 3.5cm wide	© 2002 John H. Betts

Quartz
USA
Connecticut, Windham Co., Plainfield




Quartz
USA
Connecticut, Windham Co., Plainfield, Moosup




Quartz
USA
Florida, Hillsborough Co., Tampa, Tampa Bay

UV image of specimen on left	©

Quartz v. agatized coral, 16cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz v. agatized coral, 22cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz v. agatized coral, 10cm wide	© Albert Russ

Tampa Bay chalcedony pseudomorphs after mostly coral has been cherished for years by the rockhound community but somewhat less well received by mineral collectors, but some of it when cut and polished can make very attractive specimens.


Quartz
USA
Hawaii, Maui Co., Maui, Olowalu Valley



Pity the poor field collectors on Hawaii. There cupboard is particularly barren compared to their cousins on the mainland. Even Nebraska has more interesting minerals to find. But once in a while you can find the odd quartz and calcite specimens. The one pictured here must the the grand champion.
[Rock Currier 2009]


Quartz
USA
Georgia, Burke Co., Girard District, Girard




Quartz
USA
Georgia, Elbert Co., Coldwater Creek

Quartz v. amethyst, 5.3cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz
USA
Georgia, Towns Co., Charlies Creek (Charles Creek)




Quartz
USA
Georgia, Wilkes Co., Jacksons Crossroads

Quartz v. amethyst, 6.9cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz v. amethyst, 4.9cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz v. amethyst, 5.5cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

This amethyst locality has been known for almost 100 years. It has produced some surprisingly good amethyst specimens and recently one that that was truly astounding. It is pictured above, the first one on the left. A dark purple cluster of amethyst crystals sitting on small snowy white quartz crystals. Even being familiar with the fabulous amethyst specimens from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and the Artigas region of Uruguay, this one stopped me in my tracks and made me stare. Now all they need to do is find a few hundred more of them so the price will come down enough so I can afford to buy one.
[Rock Currier 2009]



Quartz
USA
Idaho, Boise Co., Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts




Quartz
USA
Idaho, Boise Co., Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Benedict Creek area (Devil's Den)

Smoky Quartz, Microcline, Topaz, 8cm wide	© Wm. C. van Laer

Quartz
USA
Idaho, Boise Co., Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Oreamnos Lake




Quartz
USA
Idaho, Elmore Co., Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts




Quartz
USA
Idaho, Custer Co. Challis

Quartz after Apophyllite, 13cm center	© Chris Tucker

Quartz
USA
Idaho, Custer Co., Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts., Upper Cramer Lake




Quartz
USA
Idaho, Owyhee Co., Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper)




Quartz
USA
Idaho, Washington Co., Beacon Hill

Quartz v. C& P agate, 7.8cm	© Don Volkman 2/24/08

Quartz v. C&P agate, 8.9cm wide	© Karl Volkman 3/01/09

Quartz
USA
Illinois, Hardin Co., Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Cave-In-Rock Sub-District, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Deardorff Mine


Mostly know for its fine fluorite specimens, once in a while the Deardorff Mine would produce surprisingly attractive quartz specimens.


Quartz
USA
Iowa, Lee Co., Keokuk

Quartz geodes, ~12cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

These quartz geodes have been known for more than 100 years and the fields and stream banks that have produced them have been the happy hunting rounds for rockhound for generations. One one quite knows what to do with them. They are good for gardens and door stops. Collectors will generally not put them in their collections. They have even been used as back drops for little mining tableau's with tiny pewter miners working in their crystalline depths.
[Rock Currier 2009]


Quartz
USA
Louisiana

Quartz v. petrified wood, 20cm tall	© Danny Jones

Quartz
USA
Maine, Androscoggin Co., Auburn, Mt. Apatite District, Greenlaw Quarry




Quartz
USA
Maine, Androscoggin Co., Auburn, Mt. Apatite District, Turner Quarries




Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co. Albany, Bumpus Quarry

Quartz 3.2cm	© 2006 D. Levesque

Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Brownfield, Rotten Rock Pit

Smoky Quartz, 3.3cm tall	© 2000 John H. Betts

Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Buckfield, Bennett Quarry

Quartz, 12.2cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Gilead, The Slide




Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Grafton, Morse Brook locality




Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Greenwood




Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co. Greenwood, Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry)




Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Newry, Dunton Gem Quarry



For many yeas, A few localities in Maine were the only ones known that produced actual crystals of rose quartz. Then specimens from Brazil came on line and blew them away. But the specimens pictures below are champions and I was never able to get one that good for my collection.
[Rock Currier 2009]


Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Newry, Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry)




Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Newry, Plumbago Mt. Graphite Mine

Rose Quartz, FOV ~3cm	©

Quartz
USA
Miane, Oxford Co. Newry, Rose Quartz Crystal Locality (Pegmatite 24)

Rose Quartz, 1.5cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Rose Quartz, 2.6cm wide	© CTrebilcock 2008

Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Paris, Mt. Marie Quarries




Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Paris, Mt. Mica Quarry

Quartz scepter, 26cm tall	© Henry Minot 2008

Quartz & Elbaite, 26cm wide	© Henry Minot 2008

Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Stow, Colton Hill Quarry

Amethyst scepter, 3.2cm tall	©

Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Stow, Deer Hill District, Deer Hill Locality

Quartz v. amethyst, 13.5cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Quartz v. amethyst, 12cm tall??	©

Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Stow, Deer Hill District, Eastman Quarry




Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Stow, Deer Hill District, Intergalactic Pit

Quartz v. amethyst, 9cm wide	© 2001 John H. Betts

Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Sweden, Camp Encore amethyst locality




Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., Sweden, Saltman Amethyst locality

Quartz v. amethyst, 12.5cm wide	© Henry Minot 2008

Quartz v. amethyst, 5.5cm tall	© Adam Kelly

Quartz
USA
Maine, Oxford Co., West Paris, A.C. Perham Quarry







Quartz
USA
Maine, Sagadahoc Co., Topsham, Trenton Quarry (Trenton Flint and Spar Quarry)




Quartz
USA
Maine, Sagadahoc Co., Topsham, Russo Quarry




Quartz
USA
Massachusetts, Hampshire Co., Pelham, Amethyst locality

Quartz v. amethyst, 2.6cm wide	© 2001 John H. Betts

Quartz
USA
Massachusetts, Norfolk Co., Bellingham, Rose Street amethyst locality




Quartz
USA
Massachusetts, Norfolk Co., Stoughton, Simeone Quarry




Quartz
USA
Massachusetts, Norfolk Co., Wrentham, Aggregate Industries Quarry (Simeone Quarry)

Quartz v. amethyst, 5.7cm wide	© Henry Minot 2008

Quartz
USA
Massachusetts, Worcester Co., Southborough




Quartz
USA
Massachusetts, Worcester Co., Lunenburg, Keating Quarry

Micro iron stained calcite on Quartz, 3cm	© Paul Gilmore

Quartz
USA
Massachusetts, Worcester Co., Southborough, Kidder Lane locality

Quartz v. amethyst, 2cm wide	© 2001 John H. Betts

Quartz
USA
Massachusetts, Worcester Co., Southborough, Woodland Road "Ridge Road" construction site

Amethyst, 3.5cm wide	© 2001 John H. Betts

Quartz
USA
Michigan, Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior

Quartz v. agate, 4.5cm wide	© Paul T. Brandes

Quartz v. agate, 4cm wide	© Paul T. Brandes

For many generations rockhounds have searched the gravel pits and the beaches near the great lakes for the occasional fine banded agates that they sometimes found. Here are some fine examples of what great Lake Superior agates look like. Where they come from no one knows. Ask the glaciers.


Quartz
USA
Montana, Beaverhead Co., Elkhorn Hot Springs area, Crystal Park

Quartz scepter 3.4cm tall	©

Quartz
USA
Montana, Jefferson Co., Boulder Batholith, Delmoe Lake area




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Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.



Edited 53 time(s). Last edit at 04/26/2013 03:16PM by Rock Currier.

Crystal Tips No. 1 pit, Petersen Mountain, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
Crystal Tips No. 2 pit, Petersen Mountain (Hallelujah Junction), Lassen Co., California, USA

Is this not Peterson Mountain? That's what the map and the rockhounding guides say.
And is the second pit really on the Californian side of the mountain?
Last time I was there (April 2008), there was a small claim on the slope on the Californian side, but no pit.
Opening a mine is said to be a lot easier in Nevada, and F.H. is from Reno.

This is some light-colored gray granitoid (quartz monzonite?) rock that has suffered a lot of tectonic stress as it is situated on a fracture zone/fault. The often angular pockets seem to be oriented randomly in the rock, sometimes where smaller quartz veins meet. No indication of alpine-type fissure development, miarole pockets don't fit either. Some of the pockets are associated with mica-filled veins.

Amir,
All good comments and who ever writes the article will need to address those issues.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

hi Rock..u may want to add this smokey quartz from Rhode Island....best joe

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Joe, thanks for the image. That is a pretty ugly looking quartz, but if nothing more eye appealing shows up it may get used in the article.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

Are you going to have a separate thread for the cryptocrystalline varieties? Lake Superior, Fairburn, Texas plume, Oregon, California, New Mexico, etc agates.

Might also want Scott Rose quartz in South Dakota. no xls, but good color.

Dave,
I have been thinking a lot about this a lot and though I want to talk about it some more with The Frazers of San Francisco who probably know more about quartz and quartz family things than anyone I know, My feeling is that all the crypto stuff should go in along with all the crystalline varieties in what ever country they are in, and even include cut and polished specimens (even cut gem stones) or items that show the material to good effect (malachite bathtubs). I think that we can put tags with those entries that will eventually allow search algorithms to pull them out and show them. If someone wants to see agates from Mexico, the search algorithms will prepare on demand a Agates of Mexico "book" for the user. The same would go for Japan Law twins, Pseudomorphs and almost any other category of stuff you can think of. I think this will add appeal to the user who may not be mineralogical oriented like we are. I also think we should not get stuck only on crystal stuff. It is a big world out there and I think we should claim any solid stuff as our domain regardless of size or amorphous tendencies. I think our original sin was allowing chemist to go of and form their one science. I have been thinking of creating a thread for man made minerals. I think we can even put in images of mineral fakes.appropriately labeled, these would be very instructive for new collectors.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

A rather provocative suggestion. ;)
There isn't even an entry on mindat for this "quartz locality" of utmost cultural importance.
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Cheers
Amir

Amir, I think that such thing should definitely have a place here on best minerals, but if we are to incorporate a flint, obsidian, chert locality like this, I would like it to be a definitely identified locality for the rough stone and rather than show just chips laying on the ground, I would like to show the artifacts that were actually made from the material found there. Locality pictures could be included as well.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

When you have a photo for a locality that is not in mindat (please check that it isn't in the database first), please add it and then add the photo.

Yes, I would have added a locality, but haven't yet figured out how to do that and was too impatient.

Getting artefacts of Alibates flint is only possible if you do not want the antique or pre-historic stuff.
One of the N.M. staff told me that a flintknapper at Fritch near Lake Meredith is selling artefacts made of flint outside the N.M. area.

I have only taken this kind of picture because this is a National Monument and you wouldn't take anything from it.
BTW, the chips were lying on the ground as shown, no special arrangement needed. The ground is not littered with flint, but if you look around for some time, you will find some.

There are some good examples of material from Walker Valley and other Washington quartz localities in the Burke Museum, Seattle, WA. I will see if I can get some pictures next time I go there (which might be a while).

Washington State and Montana are blessed with numerous excellent quartz crystal localities. Your list only scratches the surface. For Washington you should definately add Mount Tenariffe in King County for its spectacular Japan Law twins and the gemmy smoky quartz crystals from Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, that often contain inclusions of zircon and arfedsonite crystals. In Montana, the black lustrous quartz crystals from Granite Ridge near Lolo Hot Springs are renown. Also for Montana, I would like to see the Snowbird Mine added. There, over the years, I have collected spectacular smoky quartz crystals reminiscent of Alpine gemmy xls. in color, large "pseudo-cubic" xls. with rhombohedral faces predominating, and thin flat xls. resembling potatoe chips to large flat crystal plates. Serious field collectors in the Northwest have superb specimens from these and other localities. It would be worthwhile to view some of these collections and photograph the top specimens for the article.

Raymond, You are right of course. I hope someday to interest Lew Landers in doing the Washington Quartz thing. Have you ever seen his collection?

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

Good morning:
Yes, I have seen some of Lew's quartz specimens. He probably has the best from each one of the Cascade Mtns localities. Lew also has numerous specimens that are in boxes and have not been cleaned. A collection that is well curated is by my friend John Lindell- it is worth seeing. Have a great weekend.
Ray L.
P.S. A typo in my previous note- the locality is spelled Teneriffe.

I spent thirty Years collecting in Washington and can safley tell you that the bald hornet claim has no smokey quartz. That speciemen apears to be homstake or lolo Pass Montana. Possible Washington pass.The bald hornet claim in King county is known for its toumalime inclusions and rare japanese law twins. Been there dozenzs of time's.
That deny creek raspberry scepter is to die for, really, I almost lost my life in prospectors gulch and didn't do to much better. It is a sheer rock gulch with snow pack at the top and rain's rocks. My hard hat would not have stoped the melon size rock that flew seveal inches from my head.
I have a huge walker valley collection and will try to get some photos of my museum piece's to you when I get my collection out of storage. Nearly broke the leaf springs on my ltd station wagon after one good week. Persistence pays off. The area is dug out now.
After thirty years I have an extensive collection of Washington and Montana pieces. I also have some fist size herkamers I traded spruce ridge pyrite cubes for they look nothing like diemond point double termanated's.
I love seeing the photos of Arizonia specimens I just moved down and thought I was doomed to digging gold the rest of my life. I would like to do a lot of both. I worked a day in my life went to school twice and spent the rest prospecting.Thank You!

Dowser, I don't know who you are, but you say all the right things to make me think you have done and collected all the stuff you say you have. I am sure you have stuff that if you can get some good pictures of them we would love to have them here in the Best Minerals, USA article. I have only collected a little bit in Kings county but know what you say of the seep terrane and falling rocks is only too true. I have just finished scanning, photoshopping all my quartz images from the USA and will shortly upload them to mindat. When that is done I will start writing the quartz USA article and would be glad of any help I can get. It will be a big job at best.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

O.K rock currier, the walker Vally need's to be shared as it is dug out. Large geodes basket ball sized, some purple,slightly smoky, lot's of gothite inclusions and sider-rite on the surface with some calcite blades. Lolo pass smokey's, 5" by 6". Beaver head county Montana scepters Oh Boy! Murray- Prichard Idaho nuggets and Much more it will take a Couple months to Photo and give details for our children. Some areas are striped or closed but things change.More photos from green ridge and spruce ridge king county. Hansen creek and more get ready for photos of winning rock show specimens personally collected that only a dowser can find, that really pssed off my friend's, I called it sit and find. I opened up a 10 by 20 foot Vug on green ridge only to have Blow job- Bob J. Lease it out to bad people that got us kicked out of the wilderness. They left trash from the ridge to the lake. I am glad there are Good people like Bart C. My suicide boulder will be included in photos it is 3 foot by 2 foot with 4 to 6' crystals. Pack was full of rocks had to hand carry it down 3000 feet on 45 degree deer trail from the ridge. One slip and I would not be sharing info, hence the name suicide boulder. The Dowser.
PS.Where do you want the photos and info for your work.

Ho,Ho,Ho. I sat on a pocket of crystal park montana scepters in the 80's just like that little baby. And Then I dug them up. Over sixty perfect little buggers and about forty with flaws. I got one plate with a perfect nice little ten smokeys and one purple scepter.Now I need to go to storege and send photos. A secret just between me, you and our kids, over the hill and through the dale is a better spot witch I will take to my grave, or untill the next dowser finds it, But I will share a photo, 4" x 3" head with thumb sized shaft. Oh I got chunks but the shaft makes the scepter. I cant give up that spot it is just perfect the way it is, all by it's self. One hint it is by a famous trail. L&C. The Dowser.

Dowser,
I will shortly be starting work on the section of the Best Minerals, Quartz, USA section that will contain the Washington and Oregon quartzes. I am now working on the section of the quartz article that has Montana and Idaho. If you upload any images to Mindat, .let me know so I can consider them for inclusion.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.