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Details: Written by: Rod Boyle; Category: Film; Published: 11 July 2018; Hits: 1500

By the director of "The Lobster", whose films seem to be a little more engaging and intelligent than most.

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If, When I get back to civilization, get a place to live, I'm going to have a lot of catching up to do...

Small Beryls

Details: Written by: Rod Boyle; Category: Blog; Published: 11 July 2018; Hits: 1386

Finally, my 8th attempt in perhaps 3 weeks to get out and close to the areas I want. Close, closer, but the logging roads divide and multiply and I'm never quite sure where I am, I have only a rough number of KM up a logging road that becomes 2 and then 3 and then 6, and when finally I've explored every dead end the day is almost over and I'm parched and well devoured by black flies and mosquitos.

The geography up here, it's perfect, even the feldspar crystals in the granite are a couple of inches big, pyrite crystals a quarter inch, the whole mountain was slow to cool, and from here it's just get out and walk and explore...

On the way back, long road, I stop and explore a couple of roadcuts of interest, and finally find something, hard to see in the overwhelming, bright light of day, but I pack it home to check later. A white, degrading feldspar filled with smoky quartz, mica, some black tourmaline or schorl...

And, under better examination, more time:

Beryls. Small, pale blue-green crystals, some with good shape, none larger than a half a centimeter in the micah/black tourmaline/smoky quartz matrix, but what I'm here for.

Now to return, dig deeper, follow the vein up or down the mountain and see if I can't find better...