LAKE MOUNTAINS,
PELICAN POINT,
UTAH COUNTY,
UTAH
UPDATED 22 MARCH 2005 The Pelican Point Goethite pseudomorph locality is the premier world location for Goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite. This locality has been producing world class goethite specimens since the 1930s. It was a very popular collecting locality in the late 40s and early 50s after which people, having collected the easily accessible material, came to the conclusion that the locality was basically “played” out. The area received relatively little attention until it was re-explored by "Utah Minerals and Fossils" in the spring of 1978. At this time they found a new layer of crystals, deeper than the “exhausted” upper layer. They worked this layer for the better part of three weeks, on a part time basis, producing some really great clusters of goethite pseudos. The project was, however, abandoned because of problems involving the cleaning and preparation of the specimens. Since the specimens were dug in place rather than weathered out on the surface, they were still encased in clay and various Fe alteration products that were nearly impossible to clean off. Cleaning even small specimens took 10 to 15 hours or more of tedious hand labor using dental tools and wire wheels. In the summer of 1995 the technology had improved, and they made another attempt at mining this great locality. This resulted in a number of excellent specimens becoming available to the collector. H&P Gems and Minerals was able to acquire a major portion of the better Thumbnail to small miniature size specimens, which, after 5 years in storage we will be adding to this gallery.
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| GOETHITE after PYRITE Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah Approximately 1.7 centimeters GO-9: Price $5.00 |
GOETHITE after PYRITE Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah Approximately 1.5 centimeters GO-8: Price $5.00 |
GOETHITE after PYRITE Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah Approximately 2.4 centimeters GO-10: Price $12.00 |
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| GOETHITE after PYRITE Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah pproximately 3.0 centimeters GO-11: Price $8.00 |
GOETHITE after PYRITE Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah Approximately 2.7 centimeters GO-13: Price $12.00 |
GOETHITE after PYRITE Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah Approximately 2.3 centimeters GO-14: Price $10.00 |
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| GOETHITE after PYRITE Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah Approximately 3.0 centimeters GO-15: Price $10.00 |
GOETHITE after PYRITE Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah Approximately 3.3 centimeters GO-16: Price $10.00 |