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Field trip to Cedar Mountain Stone Quarry aka (AH Smith quarry) in 1998
Mitchell, Culpeper, Va. Diabase Quarry

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October field trip, 22 people (6 kids and 16 big kids) The stilbite bow ties were coming from the pile of dirt and being found in clumps of soft grayish/green mud.

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Bow ties found by John Laporte of Waynesboro, October 10, 1998 the only one to find any this trip, lucky-lucky!. Half piece was washed on site with tooth brush.

Epidote was found behind large boulder with circle on it(about the size of my Toyota truck). No telling what was under the rest of the pile!



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