Friday, March 23, 2018


Gitchel relates: “Next morning several of us armed with various chisels, hammers, picks, and bars, eagerly head for the Giant Gem. “Oohs” and “ahhs” quickly turn to grunts and groans and screams of frustration as we re-learn how tough and heavy true jade actually is….we beat and pry and push and pull, then we kick and holler. After a lengthy struggle, one by one, each member of our group loses confidence in the face of this immovable and magnificent stone, the object of both our admiration and frustration.
On the evening of the last full day, one of the group discovers the most beautiful botryoidal jade of the trip (pictured below insitu) a green and white bumpy football sized nugget , but more irregular and interesting in shape. It is already nicely polished by years of weathering. Everyone wants to touch and rub this beauty. 

And this one is now jewelry
Photo by Heron Nelson

During "waiting time" an impromptu digital screening of Dael's work reviews pictures of wildlife as well as jades and jaspers encountered along the way that were all too big to carry home. Everyone brings out found favorites finds to show and compare
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