Natural Arkansas Enhydro Quartz Crystal Mining
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@kingofquartz oh alright thanks! well i cant wait to go back haha maybe we'll get to go to other mines and stay longer
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Arrowhead is ok, but most of the crystals from there have foggy acid etchings on the surface. Kind of dull rather than shiny. Previously it was salted with crystals from other mines for tourists, if you bought a "pocket option" you were actually getting crystals from Bear Mountain. I heard the new owners might sell actual pockets as an option and let you dig the pocket yourself but I'm sure it will be expensive and I dont know when they will be opening up.
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The enhydros form in pockets just like other crystals. You do have to get a few feet down because the enhydros near the surface have frozen and shattered. Its really difficult to get whole ones due to the freezing issue and tree roots shattering them. Also there pretty hard to find since the deposits are so scattered.. this is why there is no large scale mines for them.
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@kingofquartz oh i see. and do u have to dig deep to find them around there? and do they find them one by one or like in pockets? and i would have loved to mine at arrowhead, it took my dad and i like 20 minutes to get to the top of that mountain! haha i really want to go back. i also go to rock shops in that area and buy wholesale to sell here in san antonio at a local flea market and i do pretty well. and when people ask me when im going to get new rock i always tell them once a year haha
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Arrowhead mine has been sold and I heard its not open to the public anymore. Both Wegners and G&D have not been mined in years so there isnt much to be found. Bear Mountain is by far the most active public mine open right now. You can get a permit at Fiddlers Ridge rock shop. Most of my current crystal stock is coming out of Bear Mountain. I've got a couple vids of mining at Bear Mountain.
Randy and me will probably be doing some digging at his place this summer!
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At 1:13 in the video there is a hopper shown that is filled with red clay. If the crystal had continued to grow it would have been filled with water and sealed in to form a enhydro. Lake Ouachita really doesnt have much so far as Enhydros.. those are further south around Hot Spring County and Clark County.
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@kingofquartz are hoppers/skeletal the ones with the repeated shaping inside? because i do have a couple small ones. we're thinking of going his summer again! ive always wanted to find an enhydro of my own! haha i always ask my dad if we could look around lake ouachita and maybe get lucky. &yea we got good finds at randys mine. we found good clusters and points and dow crystals and triplets. we want to go to other mines, which do you recommend? i heard about phantom, g&d and few others!
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Your welcome! I did a lot of reading to figure out how they formed. If you can ever find a hopper/skeletal crystal with open faces it really helps understanding how they formed. Hoppers have voids that are open.. they never closed up and trapped water.
Sure I know Randy, we are good friends!
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I'll be in Mt Ida on May 23rd. I'm trying to find out where the best place to mine for the best price. Actually I'm more interested in the best crystals to find than the fee. I'm hoping to find some large ones and some really clear ones. I know i can buy some in the shops but what fun is that?..lol Once i get started hunting them it's like a fever. You have to bring someone with you that isn't affected to make you leave. Those enhydros look nice i'd love to find some of those.
skywatcher54 11 months ago
@skywatcher54
Right now I'd suggest Bear Mountain (fiddlers ridge) or Sweet Surrender. Those are the only two public mines that are in production right now. You really cant go down into the pit where the good stuff is but you can look through the tailings. Due to regulations we cant let tourists into the dangerous areas of the mine where we work.
The enhydros are found several counties to the south. There arent any mines for them because they are so rare.
kingofquartz 10 months ago