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I went to The Sterling Hill Mine this past saturday. They had a crystal, fossil and gemstone/rock show. Loads of cool stuff. Prices were great. I also went into the mine run dump area and scored some 55lbs of hot Fluorescent stone. I love that place, people, and the rocks. I carve them up into all kinds of stuff. Some of this will get slabbed into a chessboard, not sure. Other pieces I will sculpt into something. Here are some pictures.
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Its a cool place to visit. Would like to see some of those carved pieces when you get done, will they still fluoresce?
Here is a geode that is pretty decent under short wave-I would have put up a video of others I have but it doesn't appear that this site will let me put it on.
 

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I have a heart and a stone axe. They sure are fluorescent after polishing. Daytime picture of fluorescent rock is kind of lame. posted both before. I will post the next one. It is gonna be a cool one.
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I went to The Sterling Hill Mine this past saturday. They had a crystal, fossil and gemstone/rock show. Loads of cool stuff. Prices were great. I also went into the mine run dump area and scored some 55lbs of hot Fluorescent stone. I love that place, people, and the rocks. I carve them up into all kinds of stuff. Some of this will get slabbed into a chessboard, not sure. Other pieces I will sculpt into something. Here are some pictures.
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Those are nice I'm surprised you don't see more craft work with them.
 

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Its a cool place to visit. Would like to see some of those carved pieces when you get done, will they still fluoresce?
Here is a geode that is pretty decent under short wave-I would have put up a video of others I have but it doesn't appear that this site will let me put it on.
Geodes are cool. I love your green one. Nice crystals inside it. I'm sure pictures don't do it justice. I picked up a fluorescent one at the show. I need to cut it open. I got a nice echinoid, a fossil shell and a slabbed and polished agate.
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Sterling and Franklin mines are little known gems in north Jersey. Been to each a couple times.
 

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Sterling and Franklin mines are little known gems in north Jersey. Been to each a couple times.
Franklin, i have not been to. What do you think? Is it much different?
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