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Marcasite in Shale at Eagle Bluff
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Ellerville, OK US
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Uploaded on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 02:26:38 PM

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Location Type: Public Access
Details: 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). "
Precautions

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.
Directions: Just south of the Eagle Bluff resort (off of highway 10) at the Illinois River near Ellerville. My gps placemark shows the exact location.
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): ( 36° 1'51.89"N, 94°55'12.59"W)
or (36.031080, -94.920163)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is supposed to be exact.)
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Reference Info: http://www.brightok.net/~rockman/Images/OkIndex.htm#Cherokee%20County
Tags: marcasite, marcasite crystals, crystals, shale, ellerville, cherokee county, eagle bluff resort, eagle bluff, tahlequah, oklahoma, highway 10, 10

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