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| New Crystal
Hunters' Pocket from the field wrapped and boxed. |
Tim washing off
pieces of the pocket. |
Washed pieces
waiting for "fit finding." |
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| One of the pieces
temporarily pieced together. |
All the major
pieces fitted together. Note one specimen was cleaned to check
color. |
After several
chemical treaments, the pieces are cleaned of the iron oxides. |
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| Cleaned specimen
and its pieces ready to be finished. |
This is the
specimen with cleaned pieces reattached. |
The first piece
removed. Note the fluorite. |
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| The largest
piece. Note the white stripes and white caps. |
Parents' Pocket
found and excavated by the parents. |
New Crystal
Hunters' Case at Tucson. |
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| Showing uncleaned
and cleaned specimens. |
A couple
finalized specimens. |
Pieces from our
private collection. All off the Smoky Hawk. |
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| Note the
goethite, also found near the New Crystal Hunters' Pocket. |
The New Crystal
Hunters' Case at Tucson 2010. |
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