Washington, USA

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"Dad, is this what you're looking for?"
	Livingston Quarry, Orchards, Clark Co., Washington, USA Alison Tompkins holding a great zeolite piece and asking that question, "Dad, is this what you're looking for?" yes, it is.
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200/237 quarry looking west
	200 / 237 Road Quarry, Wolf Point, Cowlitz Co., Washington, USA The 200/237 quarry near Wolf Pt. as it looked in 2003
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7-20-'09 photo of Rawson quarry
	Rawson Quarry, Clark Co., Washington, USA Bill Tompkins photo showing how much the quarry has changed in 10 years.
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A View From Liberty Bell Talus Slope
	Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA Collecting in the North Cascades of Washington State is not just about the minerals. The talus slope in the foreground of this photograph has produced many eclectic mineral species, including being the type locale of Calciohilairite. Despite the exotic mineralogy, though, one must pause in pounding on the hard alkaline granite every now and then, ...
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Alison & Emily pointing out zeolites
	Livingston Quarry, Orchards, Clark Co., Washington, USA Alison & Emily Tompkins helping dad find the zeolites he came to collect
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Alison at Lacamas Cr., WA 2-'98
	Lacamas Creek, Orchards, Clark Co., Washington, USA Alison Tompkins is shown collecting some of the stilbite crystals at Lacamas Cr., WA. on the day we found the site. Bill Tompkins photo 2-'98
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Altoona roadcuts
	Roadcuts, Altoona, Wahkiakum Co., Washington, USA The roadcuts just above Altoona, where the curved Quartz was found soon after road construction, are now so overgrown with brush, ferns, and moss due to the high rainfall in the area that collecting now is virtually impossible.
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Altoona, WA bent quartz locality
	Roadcuts, Altoona, Wahkiakum Co., Washington, USA This '93 photo shows the bent quartz locality, before the blackberry vines grew up so bad that collecting is now difficult. This roadcut is a little dangerous because the rock is unstable, but the crystals are fascinating.
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Andradite garnets at Rawson quarry
	Rawson Quarry, Clark Co., Washington, USA Bill Tompkins photo showing the rock at Rawson quarry, with seams of garnets and associated minerals. Rock shown is about a foot across, garnets are about 5mm across and brown-red.
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Armament Mine East outcrop
	Armament Mine (Wayside Mine), North Fork Skykomish River, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA Veiw of the outcrop and road cut to theEast of the Index-Galena road.
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