I'm from Santa Barbara Ca. and i'm looking for some places near me to mine for quartz crystals. I've been doing some research on line and a lot signs are pointing toward the Inyo Ca. area. If anybody could give a lil guidance on where to take a lil weekend trip for a rock hound it would really be appreciated. I've been to the Oceanview mines in San Diego but this time I would love to dig for pockets myself. Thanks for any help. Pigpen
The easiest way is to observe how they have broken. Mica has perfect cleavage in one direction. It produces very flat surfaces, even on very small pieces. Quartz has conchoidal fracture and you should see an uneven or smooth, scalloped fractures on a broken area. If you are allowed to test for hardness, quartz will easily scratch glass as it has a hardness of 7, while muscovite has a hardness of only 2.5. It will not scratch glass. If you have a chunk of muscovite to test, you can rub your fingernail over the edge of the specimen (not the flat surface). If it is mica it will fray a little.
while you're caught by potential of a police guy doing 50mph in 30 zone, they'd deliver you to court and have your licence bumped off (or extra factors). in case you went previous a velocity digicam at 100mph in a 30 zone that is merely 3 factors, regardless. i think of they could have an analogous regulations while you're caught by potential of a digicam, as in case you have been stopped by potential of the police. yet, here is my occasion of velocity digicam insanity - and why they (or some drivers atleast) are rather risky. i become driving into London on Saturday final week, with my 2yr previous boy in the automobile. i become in lane a million (of three) doing 70 on a twin carriage way (i.e. no longer even rushing), there become a 4x4 in lane 2 doing sixty 5, so fairly than be naughty and undertake, i began out to bypass from lane a million to lane 3 to overhaul. merely as I have been given at the back of this 4x4, we discovered a velocity digicam or maybe nevertheless no-one become rushing she slammed on the breaks, I narrowly neglected her by potential of INCHES. What we want is education to make safer drivers, re-assessments and checkups, no longer velocity cameras.
