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Sam and Sharon Dunaway demonstrate multiple minerals in an 8-ft swath of Morefield mine in this video 📽️.
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At times, when you look at documentation, you'll find "back of the envelope" information. Here, Sam sketches the south east rib of the 45' lead SW, on 10/22/2007.
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The second time I went down in the mine, I had the chance to be down for multiple hours. This gave me an opportunity to see far more, but also, with the second visit, it freed me up to video and photograph more.
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Source: Brown, 1962
Note: at that point, what is now referred to as Microcline var. Amazonite, was then called "Amazonstone."
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As a long time resident of Amelia Courthouse, John shares his experiences of coming to Morefield mine multiple times, in addition to his opportunity of going down into the mine, in this video.📽️
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This video is an inverview of Betsy Martin, taken in her workshop, on February 2, 2016. Please note, this link will take you to YouTube: https://youtu.be/U4kU6PrrNso
The photo, left, is of Betsy with a pile of amazonite, at Morefield mine.
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In this video from 5/13/2017, David Packard of Packard's Rock Shop tells the story of a find-of-the-day at Morefield mine.
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On May 13, 2017, I had the exciting chance to tour the mine a second time. This video shows a portion of the wall that has been excavated at some previous point.
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This video features a section of Morefield mine's 45' level, an area where the previous owner Bill Baltzley removed the half ton of minerals that became the Morefield mine exhibit in the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals.
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Mark Wylie, one of Morefield mine's miners (and a collector/ photographer), describes various elements in a single area of the mine, in this 📽️ video on YouTube, Myriad of Minerals.; you may want to open this in a separate tab.
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There are multiple reasons the find you brought home may not be on the official species list for Morefield mine.
Read more: Why is my Morefield find not on the species list?