Topaz Utah 2009

[XJScarlet]

Here is link to my album on FB.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1203973218440.2032093.1201915212&type=3&l=83cd6fd8db

There might be a few pictures of the barbie jeep I was driving. :)

[cantab27]

cool pics,,,,, info of that place,,,are they old mines,,,,nice barbie as well

[XJScarlet]

Thanks! I miss the barbie, she had to go. She only got 12 mpg.

I would have taken actual wheeling pictures, but I was alone that day. So I was driver and photog, and that never works out well. :)

Topaz used to be really geologically active. You can break open shale and find trilobite fossils. Rock hounds go out there, you can pick topaz pieces right of the ground, garnets and other gemstones if you know where to look. What I was told is that they used to mine beryllium out here. I have some smaller pieces of that. I believe they used it in space shuttle components. Anyway, it's hotter and dryer than hell out there, and if it does rain, you need to make sure you are not in a wash.

There are hot springs out there I like to frequent. Last time I was there a guy was in scuba gear going to the bottom, he said it was about 27 feet deep and cavernous. Crazy stuff.

[KH96XJ]

Looks and sounds like a very cool place.

[Carves]

Topaz ... :cool:

... we has topaz ... and beryl and stuff ....

How bigs the topaz pieces there ??? ... decent sized bits are getting harder to find where I go fossickin ....

[bad luck]

Wow, those are nice pictures, I'm guessing Topaz is out in the west desert maybe, I haven't been out there much it looks fun. Now that I have a jeep I plan on going a lot more places. Thanks for the pics. Bob

[XJScarlet]

Topaz is about 20-30 minutes west of Delta, UT.

On a sunny day in some areas, you can look for sparkles and pick topaz up off the ground. Other people take out sledge hammers and break the stuff out. From what I have seen they bring out decent sized topaz that is pretty dark. The stuff on the ground is light.
There is beryl out there. I like to find apache tears, it's opaque obsidian.

[4.3LXJ]

Sounds like fun. Might make be start collecting rocks again