California was a rich state in gold until politics ended much of the mining and exploration. The state could make a comeback in gold and diamond mining, but would require a positive political arena favorable to exploration. Gold and Gold Hunter Facebook. Friday, May 31, 2013. The Giant King gold mine. Looking towards the mine portal within the Giant King mine. In 2012, I visited the Giant King mine.

GEMSTONES - HOW TO FIND THEM. Monday, February 8, 2010. CHROMIAN DIOPSIDE - Emerald of Diamond Pipes. Green River Basin of Wyoming. Volcanoes contain diamond, they.

GemHunters Guide to Diamonds and Their Mineralogy and Prospecting Methods. Wednesday, April 30, 2014. How to Recognize Rough Diamond. My book on Finding Gemstones. Later, I was contacted by a prospector who found a cache of diamonds in North Carolina based on this and another book I wrote in 1998 on diamonds in the US. So, get a copy.

More than 300 cryptovolcanic structures, more than 100 kimberlites, some diamondiferous lamprophyres and many lamproites have been identified in the Craton underlying Wyoming, Colorado and Montana along with a large variety of colored gemstones. Thursday, November 13, 2014. Were found in a group of kimberlites.

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Friday, February 17, 2012. GARNETS in my Boots! Gem-quality garnets and diopside found in anthills. Are relatively common in many places in the US. A good place to start a search for gem-quality garnets is by looking at local rockhound books and mineral and rock books in your area. These often give information on where to hunt for this gem.

Every gold prospector needs to know where and how to find gold. What to look for in the field and the literature. What mineral and rock associations occur around gold deposits. What are the physical characteristics of gold, and what is a placer deposit vs a lode deposit? Saturday, August 27, 2016.

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Peridot, one of the more attractive green gemstones, is found in a number of mafic and ultramafic volcanic rocks around the world. In Wyoming, peridot was discovered by Professor Hausel in 1997 at Black Rock in the Leucite Hills volcanic field. At the time he was searching for evidence of diamonds when he came across two green-colored anthills that were completely covered with 13,000 carats of facetable peridot! Saturday, September 2, 2017.

A new occurrence of palladium, platinum, nickel, gold and copper was discovered by Dan Hausel in 1995 near Encampment Wyoming at Puzzler Hill. This ultramafic massif remains unexplored other than the initial reconnaissance several years ago. Monday, January 10, 2011. Puzzler Hill palladium-nickel-gold discovery, Wyoming. Mineralized terrains and mining districts in Wyoming from. Puzzler Hill is an ultramafic massif with sporadic highly anomalous mineralizatio.