Recent content by JamesPond

Shelite is the mother ore of Tungsten...it also fluoreses under a UV light...Quantities could make you a fortune if the deposit is reasonalbly extensive. ( Often found in 'tailings' piles from decomposing granite )

On a quest for strippers north of Bodega Bay, north of San Francisco bay, I came across a huge chunk of beautiful dark green and black Jade...too big to move back up cliffs...probably still there. Boulder was easily 200 pounds....not sure it was gem quality but portions of it might have been...

BEAUTIFUL BROWNS... if the fishin gets bad, the geology on the other side of the river looks really interesting. those look like five year old fish...count the scale rings under a microscope. It'll also show you strong growth years.