Concentrates I saved from a panning trip with Chris to Trail.
Pictured - under the USB microscope - abundant quartz, garnet, some what appears to be spessartine garnet (orange), hematite spheres (lots of those), various amphiboles, peridot, etc, etc.
Anyways, a lot of pretty pictures. But - as far as I could see - no definite diamonds or other gems.
For those that go past the read-more - find the "Alien" head. And the Death Star. And the hexagonal grain with the perfect circle in one face, like ...? I dunno.
If you're better advised as to geology than I and want to share your analysis/identification of any of these photos - by all means, get in touch.
And, as this could get boring real quick for you I'll insert a read more:
