tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22344460.post2154957575118260365..comments2024-03-25T13:51:00.349-05:00Comments on Hidden Missives: stauroJay Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09834315191267300438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22344460.post-11085641281216724752016-04-04T00:57:48.991-05:002016-04-04T00:57:48.991-05:00Yessir, this'n put up quite a fight.Yessir, this'n put up quite a fight.Jay Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834315191267300438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22344460.post-3278839972177902252016-04-03T19:42:42.962-05:002016-04-03T19:42:42.962-05:00The beginnings of Ferrous Aluminum Silicate, if I ...The beginnings of Ferrous Aluminum Silicate, if I don't miss my guess.<br /><br />I've collected staurolites as single black prisms in schist in Hyatt Creek, Extreme Western North Carolina(one big ol cobble resides near my tomato patch, and has three-inch long crystals; that one took some hauling to get out of the creek), and as 'fairy crosses' near Blairsville, Georgia. All straight, no St. Andrew's.<br /><br />None of 'em looked like that one there, now.<br /><br />Must be sump'n special, that one.Hocky Round the Pebble Pupnoreply@blogger.com