PYRITE MATTERS: Iron Cross Twins – Part 2
Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun I’ve known about iron cross twins for a long time. It occurred to me that it was after many years of being a collector before I ever saw one. And while I have field-collected pyrite I have not found an iron cross twin. Occasionally I have found an iron …
PYRITE MATTERS: Iron Cross Twins – Part 1
Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun I’m always on the lookout for uncommon pyrite crystals. Iron cross twins have long held a certain fascination for me. But First, What Is An Iron Cross Twin? A twin crystal consists of two or more individual crystals joined following a defined crystallographic rule: along a common plane, rotated …
Port Au Port, Newfoundland
The last part of our Newfoundland collecting trip took us to the Port au Port peninsula on the west coast of the island near Stephenville. I was especially looking forward to this part of the trip because of the treasure we were seeking – pyrite! The first pyrite locality we went to was West Bay. …
Twin Creek Mine, Mt. Ida, Arkansas
Jim Glen and I attended the Central U. S. Micro Mineral Symposium in September 2019. Once there we decided to spend some extra time collecting and based on some advice we received from Mike Howard, opted to go to the Twin Creek Mine. So Sunday morning we woke up early and headed out for the …
La Manche Lead Mine
As part of our East Coast Adventure in 2019 we spent a week collecting minerals in Newfoundland. The first site we visited was the La Manche Lead Mine https://www.mindat.org/loc-155699.html . The prize we sought? Amethyst! Collecting with fellow members of the Walker Mineralogical Club, we had arranged for the claim owner to use an excavator …