{"id":198,"date":"2010-10-18T12:24:11","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T16:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthegy.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2010-10-19T17:53:10","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T21:53:10","slug":"upcoming-mine-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Mine Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My fiend, Jerry, who owns the store where I purchase a lot of my gemstone beads, gave me a chunk of kyanite with pyrite mixed in it that came from Buckingham County in my area.\u00a0 Jerry knows my fondness for using Pyrite in my jewelry.<\/p>\n<p>So I decided to do a little online research to try to find out where I might be able to hike and come across some more.\u00a0 Kyanite Mining Corp operates a mine near me, so I emailed them asking for any info on trails in their area where I could do a little digging.\u00a0 Okay, I really don&#8217;t want to dig, I just want to take a pretty hike and trip over a giant slab of kyanite or pyrite, but that&#8217;s besides the point.<\/p>\n<p>Kyanite Mining emailed me back right away, and graciously offered to let me join a mine tour on October 23rd.\u00a0 I&#8217;m hoping to get lots of pictures so I can write about it again. And of course, I&#8217;m hoping to get lots of pretty little stones that I can make into pendants.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve attached a picture of the rock Jerry gave me, next to some finished kyanite beads that I work with.\u00a0\u00a0 If you click on the picture, you should be able to see the flecks of pyrite in the stone too.\u00a0 Great stuff!\u00a0 Then again, I&#8217;m a girl, so anything sparkly and pretty is a welcome addition to my life.<\/p>\n<p>For Jerry&#8217;s store, visit:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.blueridgebeads-glass.com\/<\/p>\n<p>For Kyanite Mining Corp, visit: http:\/\/www.kyanite.com\/<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-198 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/100_1536.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/100_1536-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/100_1536-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/100_1536-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/100_1536-1024x1021.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-199'>\n\t\t\t\tKyanite and Pyrite Rock, with kyanite gemstone beads\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/100_1537.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/100_1537-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-200\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-200'>\n\t\t\t\tKyanite and Pyrite Rock, 2nd view\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My fiend, Jerry, who owns the store where I purchase a lot of my gemstone beads, gave me a chunk of kyanite with pyrite mixed in it that came from Buckingham County in my area.\u00a0 Jerry knows my fondness for using Pyrite in my jewelry. 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