Specular hematite is so much more attractive than plain old brown hematite! (I have a necklace or two with the beads). Chalcopyrite means you might indeed have a whole bunch more goodness in those samples! I used to hike up to the mine entrance on Vesper Peak in the Cascades to find all sorts of interesting stuff in the copper mine tailings. And there was a road cut up near Index, WA, with molybdenite. It was always a wonder that the geology professor I worked for knew where all of these great spots were for class field trips.

More rain overnight but the flood warning has passed. I've puttered around the house a bit, took time to complain on Google maps about the idiocy of renaming the Gulf of Mexico. It looks like most of today's rain is over so the drive is safe to visit with a couple of friends this afternoon. I haven't heard back from the electronics guy, so maybe I'll tell him I have a couple of VHS players needing repair (I do - I was going to sell them for parts or repair on eBay) to see if that gets an answer. And if nothing, I may kick his ad off of Freecycle for being bogus.