luvtogrow
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Post by luvtogrow on Jun 14, 2014 18:23:25 GMT -5
Awesome slabs!
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luvtogrow
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Post by luvtogrow on May 30, 2014 10:15:49 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing your trip. Great pics! That orby Wonderstone is awesome.
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luvtogrow
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Post by luvtogrow on May 19, 2014 17:52:21 GMT -5
The local rock store sells poppy jasper rough for $10lb. Thanks for the reply - what store is your local rock store? Acevedo's House of Poppy Jasper. I met the owner, Gino, by way of Stones in Motion owner, Ed aka Stoner, about a year before he opened his store on Monterey Rd. I had contacted Stoner on this board asking about where to get some morganhillpoppyjasper and we met at Gino's house. Proving that PJ is not as rare as advertised, there were pj boulders all over the place (not native to the property), collected from all over Morgan Hill, some much bigger than me. He's not the only one around here with huge caches of poppyjasper, but, he has a store.
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luvtogrow
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Post by luvtogrow on May 19, 2014 10:33:49 GMT -5
That's a great looking boulder, at $15lb. At $30lb not so great looking. I live in Morgan Hill and collect/buy all I can get. Recently bought 15lb, very nice rocks(Morgan Hill poppyjasper) for $1 a pound, at a garage sale. The local rock store sells poppy jasper rough for $10lb. They keep the poppyjasper boulders (rough) in the back, so ask. I see plenty on ebay I'd like to get but can't/won't participate in those prices.
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luvtogrow
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Post by luvtogrow on Apr 17, 2014 8:03:29 GMT -5
We really enjoyed the Stones in Motion display case. What beauty and variety!
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Post by luvtogrow on Apr 4, 2014 15:04:59 GMT -5
Just completed a great transaction with The Gem Shop. Ordered a quality ocean jasper sphere on Tuesday, late, and apparently they upgraded the shipping and got the sphere this morning here in California. I'm eyeballin another sphere there!!!
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luvtogrow
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Post by luvtogrow on Feb 23, 2014 9:04:48 GMT -5
Unusual poppies.
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Post by luvtogrow on Feb 22, 2014 21:15:52 GMT -5
Very cool! The small poppies and then great close up of the micro poppies!
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Post by luvtogrow on Feb 22, 2014 9:09:53 GMT -5
That's Morgan Hill poppy jasper, fairly large specimen, for scale, it's slightly larger than largest rock in this pic. The only rock on the saw block in the future will be this middle rock. Can only see with my 7x eyelupe but that rock is loaded with micro poppies with quartz eyes, and small yellow poppies in a background of hematite.
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Post by luvtogrow on Feb 21, 2014 18:07:56 GMT -5
Thought I had found an Indian artifact.
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Post by luvtogrow on Feb 17, 2014 10:50:59 GMT -5
Great specimen! Can only imagine the thrill of finding that.
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Post by luvtogrow on Feb 14, 2014 17:39:54 GMT -5
All those samples are great, but that first one with the micro poppies is spectacular.
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Post by luvtogrow on Feb 10, 2014 18:52:31 GMT -5
Unique specimens! Nice collecting!
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Post by luvtogrow on Nov 1, 2013 10:41:14 GMT -5
Area54 jasper boulder collected last month
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Post by luvtogrow on Oct 31, 2013 7:51:03 GMT -5
I've ordered some rough,slabs and grit. Great product, great people. I have to say that the grit wasn't sent on time, I called, she apologized for his ordering mistake and a couple days later got my large box of grit variety at no charge.
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Post by luvtogrow on Oct 29, 2013 8:11:48 GMT -5
Sweet haul!! Cady's warm-up?
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Post by luvtogrow on Aug 2, 2013 10:23:23 GMT -5
Another great trip report to Lavic. Goober finds some eye popping specimens! Sad to hear it's so picked over, was planning a trip from Morgan hill to Lavic, but sounds like i'm 20 years late. However, seeing what you found on your last 2 trips would make a trip worth the effort!!
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Post by luvtogrow on Jul 12, 2013 12:45:46 GMT -5
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Post by luvtogrow on Jul 12, 2013 8:16:59 GMT -5
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Post by luvtogrow on Jul 11, 2013 18:48:58 GMT -5
Hi Mel, thanks for looking. Wish you were still in this area for some poppy hunting!
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