Another beautiful day at Lake George, although a bit warm. 84F is not so hot at sea level, but at thinner air and sitting in the sun it got quite warm. The heat didn't bother me much after I started finding crystals. I went back to Lake George again and worked a spot that I had dug previously. It was too warm for prospecting, so I just set myself down in an area that looked to have promise.
You can see some of the tools of the trade here. I am working a seam of peg just below a burned tree. My digging buddy is working up the hill from me in the upper left of the picture.
Here are bits of the pegmatite dug out. I'm looking for pocket where groupings of crystals can be collected. I noticed on the peg I dug out that there was some amazonite and smoky quartz. However I also noted there was some damage to the crystals, probably due to pocket collapse and shifting of the earth over the last few millions of years.
Here is a picture of a pocket located along a seam of enhanced minerals within the pegmatite. You can see some microcline and smoky quartz. I managed to get this out mostly intact.
Some specimens, soaked in water overnight.
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