Gems in Eilat
May. 12th, 2015 02:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
izardDuring our previous trip, we went to Timna and found some very poor quality sunstone and malachite.
I did not know that the Eilat cliffs are mostly composed of granite, with layers of pegmatite and metamorphic rocks. During this trip I found two garnet (Almandine) seams in granite, one with ~0.3 carate garnetes that seemed good, but it was in a public place so I could not get some for me:
Another seam was in the wilderness 5 meters from our hotel, but it was very poor quality :(
I did not know that the Eilat cliffs are mostly composed of granite, with layers of pegmatite and metamorphic rocks. During this trip I found two garnet (Almandine) seams in granite, one with ~0.3 carate garnetes that seemed good, but it was in a public place so I could not get some for me:
Another seam was in the wilderness 5 meters from our hotel, but it was very poor quality :(
