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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2808093, member: 15445&quot;]Hello randygeki.&nbsp; I never posted my big quartz crystal in your thread.&nbsp; Here it is:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]656297[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here&#039;s the story about how I found this piece.&nbsp; I was hunting quartz at a mine in Arkansas.&nbsp; We had paid the mine owner a few dollars so we could rock hound around.&nbsp; I was pretty tired &amp; was just sitting on the ground taking a break &amp; drinking a Snapple ice tea.&nbsp; While sitting there, I was just randomly striking the dirt with my hammer.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t looking for anything.&nbsp; I was just striking the dirt with my hammer.&nbsp; Then there was a loud &quot;clunk&quot;.&nbsp; I just randomly found this big piece there in the dirt.&nbsp; It became pretty obvious that all the dirt was mine debris from where the quartz mining was focused.&nbsp; It was just a random lucky find.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; It cleaned-up nicely after several hours with the water-pick and some boiling in Oxalic acid.</p><p><br /></p><p>On my next trip to Arkansas I tried diamond mining.&nbsp; Unfortunately, I came back empty handed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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