Rhodonite & Rhodochrosite Mining – Betts Manganese Mine | Garnet & Pyrite Crystal Hunting #mining
Rhodonite & Rhodochrosite Mining – Betts Manganese Mine | Garnet & Pyrite Crystal Hunting #mining
Here’s a trip i took to plainfield Mass where there’s some nice rhodonite, Rhodochrosite, garnets, and Pyrite! Found some really neat specimens, was surprised by the cubic pyrite and green mica. Its a pretty neat place to mine some rhodonite! Mining is permitted to 4 hours and one 5 gal. bucket of material per person. You must also obtain permission for your permit to mine here.
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can you please show how you break the rocks open, and the pyrite is in cub form mostly you got a really cool spot and score mate
Great finds it really is quite pretty and the one’s with the garnets look pretty sparkling, and pyrite cubes how cool totally enjoyed watching your knowledge is quite awesome thanks for sharing
8:41 cube petrified meat with decay flesh
Bruuuuh it looks like meat
I went to Betts Mine today. I found the rocks too difficult for me to break. I found a few pink pieces, mostly pale pink. However the quartz I found was fabulous. Also found a piece of schist with small garnets.
I went to the Betts manganese mine on the 15th of June (yesterday as I posted this comment) and had a nice time there. I did find some pieces of rhodonite and some pyrite but not a whole lot. As we had arrived there was a woman who was leaving and she had showed us what she had found, she had a piece that was the size of a brownie and the pink under the crust was such a nice rich saturated pink (reminded me of bubble yumm bubble gum) inside. That piece alone would have made my day!
Pyrite crystals are in cubes . Gold is not . Pyrite and gold are often found in the same host rock usually quartz
Kindly connect me to those who want this stone
Anyone interested in going to this place it is $20.00 per person for the four hours.