Welcome to Dixie Euhedrals!
By Rodney | April 17, 2008
Welcome to the all new “Dixie Euhedrals” website! It is our hope to provide you with the most up-to-date info on what digs are scheduled and what’s being found!
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Check out the calendar on your right for this months dig schedule for Hogg Mine!
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Cash & Treasures
By Rodney | April 9, 2008
The Hogg Mine will be featured on the Travel Channel on
April 16 @ 10 p.m. on the “Cash & Treasures” star rose quartz episode.
Here are a few pics from their visit!
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Grassy Creek Gem & Mineral Show
By Rodney | April 9, 2008
Grassy Creek Gem & Mineral Show
Details:
Date and Time: Begins: Jul 31, 2008 at 10:00 am
Ends: Aug 3, 2008 at 05:00 pm
Location: Parkway Fire & Rescue
Hwy 226 South
Spruce Pines, NC 28777
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Event Calendar
By Rodney | April 7, 2008
To your right you will find the Event Calendar! Just mouse-over the “red” text to see what digs are scheduled!
My 2008 show schedule is also on the calendar or click on the “Upcoming Shows” link on your left!
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SE Gem & Mineral Show
By Rodney | April 7, 2008
Cartersville, Georgia
Dates: August 15–17, 2008
Description: Newest show in the Martin Zinn Expositions lineup. Space available in ground floor rooms, ballroom, and lobby. Retail and wholesale dealers. Check this site in September for a current dealer listing.
Show Hours: 10 a.m.– 6 p.m. Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday
Admission: No admission fee. Registration is not required. Open to the public.
Location: Holiday Inn — Cartersville, GA , I-75 Exit 293 and 411 NE, Cartersville, GA 30120.
Rooms: Please provide arrival date, departure date, number of beds, smoking or non-smoking room, and how to guarantee late arrival. Free Acrobat Reader can be obtained at www.adobe.com.
Room Reservation Form
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LaGrange Crystal
By Rodney | April 6, 2008
Temporarily closed till further notice .
This place is similar to the Arkansas mines, except here there are no pits. One five gallon bucket limit per person. This is a leased area, so everyone’s good conduct will ensure it stays open! Dig thru the tailings or dig in virgin area to look for veins. Crystals are plentiful! Some are water clear and very nice. Occasionally, monster crystals are found.
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Diamond Hill
By Rodney | April 6, 2008
I no longer book trips to diamond hill. Anyone interested in going should email Chester Karwoski : gailkarwoski@hotmail.com
This site is located near Abbeville, South Carolina and features plentiful skeletal quartz crystal plates & smoky quartz crystal plates. On occasion small on up to very large amethyst crystals are found, but in general amethyst is consider rare at this location.
This site is great for folks who are new to collecting, as the sheer volume of quartz crystals make for easy pickings. Here, even with zero skill level, you’ll find
lots crystals to take home.
The amethyst pit affords the opportunity for strong advanced diggers to move lots of rock and work the veins, hoping to find an area with amethyst crystal overgrowths atop the skeletal plates.
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‘08 Tucson Gem Show
By Rodney | December 30, 2007
Each year I do a fieldtrip and show report for the Tucson Gem Show. Look for new information starting in Late January as I begin my journey to the Arizona Gem, Mineral, fossil show, Feb 2 -14, 2008!
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Grassy Creek Gem Show - Spruce Pine, NC
By Rodney | August 11, 2007
I was set up at the grassy creek gem show in Spruce Pine, North Carolina July 25 thru Aug 5. This show was one of the best on this side of the United States in terms of Southeast minerals that was offered for sale. One fellow had many slabs and cabochons of Crabtree mine emeralds. He had slabs by the five gallon bucket, and said that he had 26 buckets. I tried to buy a bucket, but after he weighed it, the bucket weighed 40 pounds. He had said this would be 50 cents a gram, so that came out to about $9,000.00 for a bucket. Even after he offered it to me for $5,000.00 a bucket, I had to pass. It was worth it, if I wanted to wait 10 or 20 years to get my money back. Another fellow had a killer cluster of emeralds from the same locale.
In addition to Graves mountain Rutile and Jackson’s crossroads amethyst, & hiddenite that I had for sale, here is some of the things I saw for sale at the show: Diamond Hill amethyst, more rutile by 4 other dealers, crossroads amethyst by 4 other dealers, Crabtree emerald by 3 dealers, Hiddenite by 3 other dealers, emeralds from hiddenite by several dealers, Eddie rucks was out with some clams with calcite, Matthew price with his Arrowhead mine arkansas quartz crystals, Charlie Padgett with graves mountain minerals, John Denny ( Riviera ), Laurie ( Laurie’s rocks ), several guys with Brazilian amethyst geodes, Jerry Call with nice faceting rough. The whole place was just loaded with some amazingly nice items. This show was supposedly lacking attendance from previous years. I saw a couple of tailgater’s ( guys who pull up and hawk minerals out of trucks and vans –but haven’t paid the show fee ).
If you only go to one show, the Grassy Creek show is the one to go to this side of the states. I will most likely be set up again there next year.
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Arkansas Crystal
By Rodney | March 14, 2007
Arkansas mine has been sold
This picture is one of the nice quartz crystals from my old mine in Arkansas that has a nice green inclusion of chlorite in it!
The mine, named the Lonesome Dove, was 10 acres situated at the crest of a mountaintop. It was in a beautiful wilderness forest and was a great place to camp. There were many quartz veins running everywhere along the surface. Quartz crystals were collected with just a pick and shovel .
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