elementary
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Post by elementary on Jul 1, 2013 13:09:11 GMT -5
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Post by beefjello on Jul 1, 2013 20:20:09 GMT -5
Nice! If we're able to make this trip I call shotgun in Lowell's truck!!
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Jul 1, 2013 20:45:18 GMT -5
That is some fine finds Lowell....John
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jul 2, 2013 8:04:47 GMT -5
Nice agates and fine scenery. So much variety.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2013 11:19:11 GMT -5
polyhedroid agate in the cady's? Dang.
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elementary
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Post by elementary on Jul 2, 2013 17:29:55 GMT -5
That little guy comes from a small hill we nicknamed flattop. It lies in a series of hills but doesn't have a peak. Instead it's a flat spot the size of a baseball diamond. We found it while hiking and as we came up we saw what we thought was a bunch of normal desert varnished rock littering its top. We approached and saw that 90% of those rocks were agate nodules, eroded and dropped as the hilltop crumbled away. Most were small - many were broken - all showed signs of being on the surface for who knows how many years. Problem - many are not fully agatized or are so weathered they are crumbling. I filled my backpack that day and a year later another one. A good percentage of the nodules there had a lot of 'extra' features - sagenite, pseudomorphs, etc. Their colors were primarily white with some blue and hints of pink tossed in. Here's a side picture of the one you see above: And others - harder to spot the oddball features, but take a look: Here's one that shows the tectonic power of the region - the host rock with the gas bubble cracked and shifted and then the agate filled in the altered space: And this one seems to be wanting to sprout white asparagus: Eyes? And for completion's sake (tho not complete by any means): Fluorite from near Mel's Plumey Jasper: These are small pieces I gave away, but you can find some slightly larger, less fractured chunks with some digging. (bring a scream, shovel, and water bottle). Considering pulling out my buckets of rough and shooting some more Cady variety... Thanks for looking, Lowell
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 13:26:20 GMT -5
Considering pulling out my buckets of rough and shooting some more Cady variety... Thanks for looking, Lowell Thanks for sharing. I encourage you to pull out some buckets.....!!!
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Post by Woodyrock on Jul 4, 2013 0:51:44 GMT -5
We have yet to get around to the north side. Next trip down this will be a goal, even though we always find good material on the south side. Woody
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