Thea Stender

Agate nodules in amygdaloidal basalt
“Juicy G” Prospect
Chelan Co., Washington, USA.

15.02.2025 21:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Columnar Basalt:

Also called “Columnar Jointing.”
Columnar jointing is a geologic structure where sets of intersecting closely spaced fractures, referred to as joints, result in the formation of polygonal prisms. Occurs mainly in basalt as the lava cools and contracts.

•Columns in Eastern WA•

09.02.2025 16:22 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is what we believe to be a chalcedony pseudomorph after calcite. This is from one of our newly discovered localities here in Washington State. We’ve named this prospect the “Juicy G Prospect”
Initially, we were just finding small nodules at this location, but they soon turned larger and hollow!

08.02.2025 01:33 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Quartz, Pyrite and Ankerite cluster. Spruce Ridge Mine, King County, WA, USA.

This is a lovely specimen of Quartz, Pyrite and Ankerite from the Spruce Ridge Mine in Washington State. This locality is an American classic. And has many great stories and historic discoveries for the state of Washington. Specimen featured in previous video!
190 shipped within U.S.
#crystals

07.02.2025 21:35 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This is a video of a pocket extraction at the Spruce Ridge Mine in King Co., WA, USA.💎🤗
#crystals #minerals #crystalmining #mining #quartz #pyrite #nature #forest #mountains #Washington #PNW #americanminerals

07.02.2025 18:59 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey everyone! Thought I’d introduce myself in this new platform. My name is Thea, I’m a crystal miner from Washington State specializing in crystalline mineral specimens and I do micro-macrame.
I love mineral education, prospecting and I love making earths beautiful treasures available to you all!🤗💎

07.02.2025 18:24 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0