| Marcasite in Shale at Eagle Bluff Ellerville, OK US Uploaded By Scott (webmaster) Uploaded on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 02:26:38 PM Viewed 8490 times |
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| I finally got out to this location, even though I have not had luck usually with the source's information. I searched around Eagle Bluff for probably 40 minutes. I finally found some marcasite in shale and it was worth it! I also found a radiating crystal pattern in another rock. The information that I was searching from was from this website's collecting locations for Cherokee County. All that it said was: "Eagle Bluff, in black shale: marcasite (crystals) (Zeitner 1972). " The hills is steep, so be very careful with your footing. There were weeds when I was there, and probably snakes nearby. I saw a wasps nest too. Wear gloves for handling shale and a rock hammer or small hand tools may help uncover marcasite. It's easiest after a rain, though and stuff is on the surface. It may have been hard to collect if someone else covered the surface before me. | Just south of the Eagle Bluff resort (off of highway 10) at the Illinois River near Ellerville. My gps placemark shows the exact location. |