Highlight after a day out rock/crystal hunting...

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cyprusmax47
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Highlight after a day out rock/crystal hunting...

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Well, it is my big hobby to search for nice crystals in our Paphos district. As I have hundreds of specimens already on my shelves in the house or the larger pieces outside in my garden, I collect now only really good crystals and leave behind "normal" ones for other people...
So I am still satisfied finding some nice pieces when I am out for "rock-hunting", but what happened today was a real highlight for me and ever so exiting. I unearthed one huge boulder, ca 15 kg, as it looked suspicious for crystals inside....I tried to crack it with hammer and chisel on site, but it was not possible and I gave up. In the end I carried the whole thing to my car and home where I have more heavy tools to split it. The result:...

The first pic showing the boulder with marks on the top from my efforts before, to split it..
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One proper hit with my sledge hammer and one piece came off, showing a cavity and first crystals.. confirming that there might be a treasure
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close up look.... very very promising..
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no risk - no fun...... a second hit with the sledge hammer and I had two amazing nice pieces with lovely quartz crystals inside
this is the smaller piece of the two
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same piece standing up
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now the larger piece
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close up
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another close up finally - perhaps some of you can understand why this discovery made my day...
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Beautiful, what a lovely find, Max.
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Max, before I go out looking for some, is there any Cyprus laws that prohibit this? Im thinking there are laws, preventing people cutting trees, is there anything similar to rocks/crystals?
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WHL wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:00 am Max, before I go out looking for some, is there any Cyprus laws that prohibit this? Im thinking there are laws, preventing people cutting trees, is there anything similar to rocks/crystals?
We are in Cyprus - unlike in Switzerland - where it is not allowed to collect stones or mushrooms on certain days, there is no problem here. Many locals use the rocks, sometimes with lovely crystals inside, to mark their own property....

Max
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