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Emerald Creek Garnet Area

There are only two places in the world you can find Star Garnets – India and right here on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests! The garnets found here are called “star garnets” because of a unique property that causes some of them to display a reflection like a four or six pointed star. India is the only other place in the world where star garnets like these are found in any quantity.

The 12-sided (dodecahedron) crystals found here range in size from sand particles to golf-ball or larger size. Gem quality faceting material is also found at the Garnet Area…. READ MORE

By RON KLIEWER
LDMA/GPAA member

Only a few short years ago, I made a brief video of my dredge running in a swimming pool. I did this to make the point that if small scale miners didn’t band together to fight the forces that are trying to eliminate us from California’s waterways, the only place we would have left to dredge would be in swimming pools! Not a fun ‘prospect’ for any of us.

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May 19th is National Metal Detecting Day. In support of this and our great pastime, Minelab and various metal detector community groups are sponsoring “Go Minelabbing” events in 6 cities in the US, México, and Canada.

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The GPAA Gold Show is going to be in Las Vegas, NV and Spokane, WA this month! If you’ve never been, it’s a must for any prospector.   They have great deals at the show if your looking for that new pan or other toy.  My little girl is still looking for a Pink gold pan. : )

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