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Roadside Excavations
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And restless (always), getting out and searching the roadcuts for minerals of interest...training the eye...
large (2") Feldspar crystal in Granitic...some of the intrusions are made up of masses of these, large, good places to look for other large crystals...
coppery colored fools gold in quartz (note the iron, good mineralization, worth grinding & checking for gold...)
More Pyrites.
More pyrites in mica and quartz...
Digging in a decomposed vein of clay, or possibly a pocket, the clay beneath the top was a brilliant white, perfect environment to find crystals. I found nothing.
Deep blue, azure, in Mica Schist, likely copper, photo is a bit blurry (sorry, blame camera)
...and, after the minerals in the schist decay there's a light recombination of the minerals, beautiful pale blue, turquoise, light - crumbles away in your fingers, but shaped like a coral or a brain, maybe a biological agent?
The Daughter's Visit
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Some Photos from the Daughter's Visit. We explored, the old abandoned Marble Quarry, the Ferry to Proctor, the Ferry over then down to Creston, back over the pass, metal detected the beach (only find: A lead fishing weight), hung out at Oso, generally a laid back vacation, the weather not (yet) good enough to accommodate my prospecting interests (to her immense relief, I'm sure....)
The Graffiti makes a great space even better, and it's constantly renewed...
The Glass House. Always wanted to stop, finally did, it wasn't open...The Story goes that they bottles were from a funeral home - they all held embalming fluid. Curious.
An old mine shaft beside the road, a few of these, only to discover I hadn't packed a flashlight. Grrr!!!...I need to be a little better prepared...
And this, a favorite house on the way out of Nelson, creative use of a rockslide, a shame it's so close to the highway...
And waiting for the roads to be cleared at the top of the Kootenay Pass...still a good 10 feet of snow at the higher elevations...
ADHD
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I've been on his page for quite a while, and am in full agreement. Psychology and Psychiatry have become overrun with quick fixes and special interest lobbies that make them pushers of the worst kind, creating addicts from children solely to enslave them to big pharma. My opinions count for nothing. His, however, have some weight...
Link: http://curiousmindmagazine.com/harvard-psychologist-says-adhd-largely-fraud/
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