Quartz Collecting Trip Photos

The photos on this page were taken November 23, 1997, on a quartz collecting trip hosted by Cephis Hall.

Specimens from the previous day's collecting trip get an early morning "shower" at the West Slope Rock Shop north of Broken Bow.	Cephis Hall gives specimens a preliminary wash before using a power washer and oxalic acid to clean the crystals.
Descending into a collecting hole at the Turkey Mountain prospect.	Taking a break for lunch; even mineral collectors have to eat!
Checking to see if a clay-encrusted cluster is a "keeper."	Grabbing another quartz crystal from the clay pocket.
Checking a crystal with gray inclusions.	Cluster extracted from the same location several weeks earlier. Crystals are not true "smokies;" the color is caused from gray inclusions of ????