Field Trip Report:

Fifth Annual Western North Carolina Rockhound Roundup!
July 30th-August 3rd, 2008

photos by: Rick Bernotas, Lee Fleming, Mark Gaskins and Rick Jacquot

Fiona and Kali teamed up to hunt the garnets...

And found this instead.

Jeff and Nancy

Bob taking a break.

Little Pine creek, dried up!

John D.

Taylor, Debra and Darren

Rick B's garnets.

One of my matrix pieces, 25 pounds, the largest garnets showing measure 3.5 inches.

Nice triple garnet crystal cluster.

Everyone went home with some nice crystals, but that is normal at the Little Pine mine.

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