Crystal Hunting!

Luke and his Dad have been crystal hunting! They drive out to Snoqualmie Pass, and then they climb about a mile up this hill:



Then they dug a big hole in the side of the hill and discovered a vein of quartz crystal running through it:



They filled up big buckets of dirt and rocks and crystals and dumped them on this screen that they had hung from a tree. After they shake it, they just have to sort through what is left to find the crystals.



This is Luke's best find of the day, it still needs to be cleaned up with a mild acid bath and a good scrubbing, but it's pretty cool!