Dish Hill Peridot


We camped at Trojan to get an early start for our Dish Hill peridot hunt. (46kb) As we hiked toward the saddle we passed some ruins from the old cinder mine, which was active in the 1950s. (42kb) The loose lava rock made climbing the slopes difficult. (62kb) Once up on the saddle the hunt for peridot begins. (87kb) Niki finds a patch of peridot. (74kb)
Take a pair of tweezers and a 35 mm film canister to hold your finds. (79kb) A close-up look at the peridot. (63kb) You can pick up peridot from decomposing rock or you can break split your own and see what you find. (86kb) An example of periot in matrix. (48kb) 09.jpg (45kb)
These are some that we cleaned up. (31kb) The entire saddle is literally covered in peridot. (62kb) Niki explores a trail on the side of the slope. You can see our truck in the background. (79kb) Heading back down the slippery slope. (81kb) We explored an interesting wash on the east side of the mine. (46kb)
There were lots of small obsidian-like fragments. (84kb) zebra-tail lizard (90kb) There were many interesting rocks and different types of lava to be found in this area. (69kb) Niki found this unidentified doubly terminated crystal. (86kb) 18.jpg (36kb)
In this rock you can see both peridot and the darker green diopside. (58kb) 20.jpg (41kb) A bit of layered lava with a black obsidian-like rock in the middle. (73kb) The variety of lava forms was unending. (77kb) Spanish needle in bloom. (21kb)
After a successful peridot hunt we passed under the railroad culvert and headed toward the Bagdad Chase Mine to spend the night. (35kb)