Henry Grunwald's Photo Gallery
Butte No. 1 Daisey Belle pegmatite
South Platte pegmatite district is riddled with the result of hydrothermal vents more than a million years ago. This is a pair of erosion resistant quartz nodes clarifying and crystallizing the resultant admixture.
Somewhere here
Many dime sized crystals have been chiseled off of the tops of these rocks.
Bette No.1
Looking west through decade old burn area past quarry to mine style diggings typical of this group of pegmatites.
Butte No.1
Looking NW,Daisy and Suzy Belle gleam in the sunrise.
Lonesome Pegmatite
This site is sharp and crumbly with water filling the bottom. Please be careful finding bright blue-green amazonite.
Many long drops to the east
This looks downhill to the east from the top of this many level mine/quarry.
Mangenese dendrites
Almost organic looking dendrites of Manganese seem to flow from this gem pocket.
Encyclopidia sized books of mica
High Potassium Feldspar interwoven with gigantic sheaves of biotite.
