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	<title>Rocks &#38; Gemstones</title>
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		<title>Rock hunting east of Pittsburgh?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I were down in Ligonier, PA this last weekend for a wedding. We took a leisurely drive down Friday, and arrive in the evening. The wedding wasn&#8217;t until 4:30pm Saturday evening. So we had a bunch of time to go off and do something Saturday morning/afternoon.
In my book Earth Treasures Volume 1-The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labradorite at Canadice Lake?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the book Earth Treasures Volume 1-The Northeasten Quadrant, there is supposed to be labradorite at Canadice Lake in New York. The book says from the east side of Canadice Lake to 2 miles west of Honeoye Lake. The keys say that it can be found On the surface and/or in the soil; in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/labradorite-at-canadice-lake.html</link>
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		<title>Buying black light for rocks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On our outing to Penfield Quarry on Saturday we found some pieces of fluorite. A few of the people there said it would glow under a black light. Cool! I used to have black lights when I was a kid, along with the various fuzzy black light posters. I might even have a black light [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/buying-black-light-for-rocks.html</link>
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		<title>Penfield Quarry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have known about the Penfield Quarry for a long time, and have always wanted to visit it. Even before I got into rockhounding. Ellison Park, a local park that I have hiked many times, borders on the quarry, and I always wanted to go explore it. But I haven&#8217;t wanted to trespass on private [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/penfield-quarry.html</link>
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		<title>Freeing quartz crystals (Herkimer Diamonds) from calcite matrix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On our recent trip digging for Herkimer Diamonds, I also picked up and kept chunks of calcite. I didn&#8217;t know what it was until someone told me. I am still learning all this stuff. But it looked interesting, and some of it was hard to tell from the diamonds (quartz) while it was dirty/muddy anyway. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/freeing-quartz-crystals-herkimer-diamonds-from-calcite-matrix.html</link>
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		<title>How to make a screen box for rockhounding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we were down in North Carolina going after emeralds, and other gemstones, the most productive method was creeking. That was simply using a screen box and a small shovel to dig from the bottom of the creek, dump it into the screen, sluice it in the creek water and examine the rocks that were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/how-to-make-a-screen-box-for-rockhounding.html</link>
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		<title>Removing rust stains from Herkimer Diamonds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of the Herkimer &#8220;diamonds&#8221; I dug from the ground were clear, but many were a sort orange/yellow color. I was told this was actually rust. A couple people told me that the rust could be removed by soaking the crystals in something called Iron Out. The one guy said he left his diamonds soaking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/removing-rust-stains-from-herkimer-diamonds.html</link>
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		<title>Herkimer Diamond trip to Crystal Grove Mine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I took Friday off from work for a long weekend. We left home about 8am and got to the Crystal Grove Mine about 11am. We checked in, dumped some stuff off in our cabin, and headed of to the mine. There were already people out working. There were several mining sites to choose from, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/herkimer-diamond-trip-to-crystal-grove-mine.html</link>
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		<title>Lortone 33b dual barrel rock tumbler</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the rubber band belt broke on our cheap Harbor Freight tumbler, we had a load of rocks in it. These were some of the rocks we collected at the Emerald Hollow Mine in North Carolina. Mostly pieces of agate, jasper, and misc rocks. When the vintage Lortone rock tumbler came, and I got it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/lortone-33b-dual-barrel-rock-tumbler.html</link>
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		<title>Agate hunting along the Genesee River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I live in the Rochester area of New York state, and there doesn&#8217;t seem to be a lot gemstones to hunt around here. Apparently there is some fluorite that can be gotten at some local dolomite quarries. But I think access is limited, but they let the local rock club go in there sometimes.
One of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/agate-hunting-along-the-genesee-river.html</link>
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		<title>Rock splitting wedges from spring steel car leaf springs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had read about people using wedges made from old broken leaf springs from a car or truck. They had said they got the broken leaf springs for free from an auto shop. That seemed pretty easy. I decided to try a couple wrecking yards though. The first couple I called said they couldn&#8217;t help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/rock-splitting-wedges-from-spring-steel-car-leaf-springs.html</link>
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		<title>Tools for Herkimer Diamond mine trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have also been researching tools for the trip. I watched Cash And Treasures again, where they went to the Herkimer mines, and have been reading web sites. I already had some of the tools such as a sledge, pick axe, safety glasses, garden shovel, garden claw, etc. But I bought some more tools. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/tools-for-herkimer-diamond-mine-trip.html</link>
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		<title>Bought vintage Lortone rock tumbler on ebay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since having returned the cheap Harbor Freight/Chicago Electric rock tumbler for a refund, I have been looking for a replacement. So I have been searching the web, and watching ebay. I had been looking at Lortone&#8217;s and Thumler&#8217;s both of which seem to be good quality from what I can tell.
I had been watching an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/bought-vintage-lortone-rock-tumbler-on-ebay.html</link>
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		<title>Herkimer Diamond mine trip planned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just back from our trip digging emeralds in North Carolina, we wanted to do some more rock hunting. Hunting for gemstones seems to be relatively limited here in New York state. We don&#8217;t have gemstones like emeralds here, and least not from what I have seem in various books. But we have heard about he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/herkimer-diamond-mine-trip-planned.html</link>
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		<title>Harbor Freight/Chicago Electric Rock Tumbler</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A little over a year ago , my wife was looking for a rock tumbler to use for her polymer clay crafting stuff. We hadn&#8217;t gotten into rocks yet, but I figured we could tumble some rocks anyway. I had a rock polisher when I was a kid, and it wasn&#8217;t much more than a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/harbor-freightchicago-electric-rock-tumbler.html</link>
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		<title>Emerald Hollow Mine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After running my marathon in Virginia Beach on Sunday (I ran a 3:30:14 and qualified for the 2009 Boston Marathon!), we headed down to Statesville, NC on Monday, where we had hotel reservations. Statesville is only 30 minutes from Hiddenite.
On Tuesday morning, we got up, ate the hotel&#8217;s free breakfast, and then left for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/emerald-hollow-mine.html</link>
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		<title>Going to hunt emeralds in Hiddenite, NC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After seeing the Cash And Treasures marathon on the Travel Channel, my wife and I and been looking for an opportunity to go to one of those places they had on the show.
I am scheduled to run a marathon in Virginia Beach, VA in March, and I noticed that North Carolina wasn&#8217;t that far away, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/going-to-hunt-emeralds-in-hiddenite-nc.html</link>
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		<title>Cash and Treasures TV show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What triggered our interest in rockhounding most was seeing a tv show titled Cash And Treasures. We had been flipping through the channels looking for something to watch and found Cash And Treasures on the Travel Channel. It was Cash And Treasures marathon, and they were playing the 30 minute long episodes back to back. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/cash-and-treasures-tv-show.html</link>
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		<title>Gemstones-The Addiction Starts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d have to say that our first taste of gemstones was on our honeymoon. We had taken a 7 day Caribbean cruise which stopped in the Bahamas, San Juan and St Thomas. We did a snorkeling excursion in the Bahamas, so didn&#8217;t do much in the way of shopping. But in San Juan and and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rocks-gemstones.com/gemstones-the-addiction-starts.html</link>
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