fishnpinball
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Post by fishnpinball on Feb 1, 2019 11:37:10 GMT -5
I spent a couple of days down in the Deming area. Went over to Round Mountain to find some fire agate. Stopped at the rock shop in Duncan, he told me an area that had not seen as much pressure that he still hunted, showed me some fire agates. Went through what I had picked up when we were done, and also gave me a little one he had collected. I did find some, and a probably geode, and what should be a pink banded agate.
Went to the Rockhound State Park. The rules have changed from 15 pounds to a few specimens. I did get up to find a thunderegg. Picked up some common opal, banded rhyolite, and jasper. I met a lady coming down the hill that was stopping every 50 feet. She had a thunderegg that was larger than a loaf of bread, probably 15 to 20 pounds.
The geode kid display at the museum is stunning. His partner still runs the store which is over towards the rock hound state park, and the thundereggs are still cheap at the store. They are not going to open the mine for colllectors until the large hole has been backfilled.
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Post by HankRocks on Feb 1, 2019 13:49:15 GMT -5
I spent a couple of days down in the Deming area. Went over to Round Mountain to find some fire agate. Stopped at the rock shop in Duncan, he told me an area that had not seen as much pressure that he still hunted, showed me some fire agates. Went through what I had picked up when we were done, and also gave me a little one he had collected. I did find some, and a probably geode, and what should be a pink banded agate. Went to the Rockhound State Park. The rules have changed from 15 pounds to a few specimens. I did get up to find a thunderegg. Picked up some common opal, banded rhyolite, and jasper. I met a lady coming down the hill that was stopping every 50 feet. She had a thunderegg that was larger than a loaf of bread, probably 15 to 20 pounds. The geode kid display at the museum is stunning. His partner still runs the store which is over towards the rock hound state park, and the thundereggs are still cheap at the store. They are not going to open the mine for colllectors until the large hole has been backfilled. Spent about 8 or 9 days each of the last 3 Junes. Round Mt has lot's of agate, almost all of it white. There are some nice quartz lined Chalcedony Geodes, most of the bigger ones are usually higher up on slopes. Also quite a few interesting Bytroidal pieces. The Fire Agate is pretty hard to find and you need to get away from the road/trails and up slopes( it's always up!). After about 8 trips to the site in 3 years I found one slope that seemed to have one more Fire showing than anywhere else, mostly small. I put them away for later, maybe when I have developed more patience to work with them! Stunning is a good word to describe the Thunderegg collection at the Deming Museum. I have been there every year for the past three and intend on stopping in again. The term "Visual Overload" applies to the collection. Geode Kid's partner, Chris, is quite an eclectic character and will talk your ear off if you let him.
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Post by Peruano on Feb 1, 2019 19:15:30 GMT -5
There seems to be room for confusion for folks going to the Demming area. The local county museum in town has a wonderful array of agates (many local from the geode kid's collection but also a smattering of other stuff for comparison). The geode kids store/shop has a great bit of stuff as well and apparently is still functioning. Rock Hound state park and the Spanish Stirrup Rock shop are also worth visiting as well as the other rock shops in the area. I can't recall the name of the shop just north of Demming toward Silver City, but he has a good supply of Tiger Eye. Demming is a must stop if you are anywhere near the area or transiting through.
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Post by fishnpinball on Feb 5, 2019 17:25:54 GMT -5
View from Round Mountain
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Post by fishnpinball on Feb 5, 2019 17:39:00 GMT -5
Rockhound State Park. The yellow visible on the hill is Perlite which is key to finding Thundereggs.
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