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      FIELD TRIPS:    Smithsonian New Orleans Gold Prospecting Grand Canyon RUGS Pegmatite Mine   OTHER ACTIVITIES:     First RUGS Picnic Second RUGS Picnic RUGS Kentucky 2007 Archive            CLASS PHOTOS:   GEOL 212 GEOL 312 GEOL 320 GEOL440 GEOL 441 GEOL        
         

RUGS Trip to the Pegmatite Mines of North Carolina, October 2007

              
       

Bon Ami Mine story

Geology of pegmatites

Prospector Brandon Blevins

Breakfast

Chris & Nicole at the mine

David working the mine

Drill

Fluorescent Minerals

Gems in the hand

Grandfather Mtn.

Grandfather Mtn.

Group Shot

Group Shot

Group Shot

In the mine

Dr. Knight Smoking Ben's Pipe

John Cooking

Mica Vein

Mine elevator

Mine entrance

Mine entrance

Mine entrance

Mine entrance

Mine entrance

Mine entrance

Mining Museum

Sean & Kip Serenading

Setting up tents

Setting up tents

Sunday's Group eating at Hardee's

Setting up tents

Setting up tents

Sifting for minerals

Sifting for minerals

Sifting for minerals

Sifting for minerals

Steam engine

The Fire

Walking by the mine
         
                   

  
       
 

               
     

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