{"id":2677,"date":"2020-08-06T21:36:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T01:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2020-08-06T21:36:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T01:36:45","slug":"gem-and-mineral-locations-in-massachusetts-photos-from-a-spooky-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/gem-and-mineral-locations-in-massachusetts-photos-from-a-spooky-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Gem and Mineral Locations in Massachusetts &#8211; Photos from a Spooky Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5522-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2678\" 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(max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5521-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2690\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2690\" class=\"wp-image-2690\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5521-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5521-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5521.jpg 966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mysterious Discovery in Chester, Massachusetts\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HYCl8Y78LHE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While rockhounding in Chester, Massachusetts, I discovered a strange Neo-Classical structure out in the middle of the woods. It had a very well manicured base of rocks, almost like an inviting entrance. The doors were stuck so unable to enter from the front. In the back however, there was a missing plank. I stuck in my hand with my cell phone and snapped these pictures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is in an area where there were mines long ago, so mayeb this has something to do with the old mines that once flourished in Chester? There is a pit and it was walled off with wooden planks. There were no markings or writings on the walls. Frankly, I am surprised it is still standing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, contact American Geode through the website if you have comments, or can help us identify what in the hell is this little Neo-Classical structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>http:\/\/www.americangeode.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While rockhounding in Chester, Massachusetts, I discovered a strange Neo-Classical structure out in the middle of the woods. It had a very well manicured base of rocks, almost like an inviting entrance. The doors were stuck so unable to enter from the front. In the back however, there was a missing plank. I stuck in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/gem-and-mineral-locations-in-massachusetts-photos-from-a-spooky-discovery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gem and Mineral Locations in Massachusetts &#8211; Photos from a Spooky Discovery&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,52,101,102,157,156,95,5,32,47,20,94,93,80,79,46,96,158,33,97,159,160,1],"tags":[76,55,40,58,78,68,77,67,3,163,131,39,73,164,84,81,135,4],"class_list":["post-2677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antiques","category-antiques-roadshow","category-conservancy","category-environmentalism","category-gem-and-mineral-clubs","category-gem-and-mineral-shows","category-gemstone","category-geodes","category-geology","category-ice-age","category-interior-design","category-jewelry","category-lapidary","category-museums","category-new-york-2","category-paleontology","category-peridot","category-rock-shows","category-science","category-star-wars","category-tucson-gem-and-mineral-show","category-tucson-gem-show","category-uncategorized","tag-american-geode","tag-diamond","tag-diamonds","tag-gem-and-mineral","tag-gem-and-mineral-club","tag-gem-and-mineral-clubs","tag-gem-and-mineral-show","tag-gem-and-mineral-shows","tag-geode","tag-geode-cracking","tag-geodes","tag-herkimer-diamond","tag-herkimer-diamonds","tag-indiana-geode","tag-mindat","tag-museums-2","tag-paleontology","tag-rockhound"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2691,"href":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677\/revisions\/2691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}