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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Oct 26, 2019 12:26:00 GMT -5
Okay - if I got up at 5:00 AM on a Saturday and am using the word "fun", there must have been good rocks at the sale. There were, and we were the first ones there. We got just over 90 lbs, including Royal Sahara, Palm Wood, Ocean Jasper, and even five little pieces of Morrisonite. The cardboard background is 24 x 38".
The most enjoyable part for me was getting to watch Robin "power shopping" through a two-car garage full of rough... .
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Post by fernwood on Oct 26, 2019 12:38:36 GMT -5
Sounds like a great sale. Well worth a 5:00 AM Saturday.
Some great looking material there.
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Post by Pat on Oct 26, 2019 12:45:15 GMT -5
Rock sales are fun, no matter the time!
Good looking pile.
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Post by RocksInNJ on Oct 26, 2019 15:24:14 GMT -5
A rock sale? I feel like I’m in another country here on the east coast lol. The only thing you find here in south Jersey is people possibly selling some landscape rocks. Yep, Jersey sucks!!!
Man, I’d go nuts at a sale like that. Great looking stuff.
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Post by gemfeller on Oct 26, 2019 16:45:47 GMT -5
Looks like you found some great stuff. Congrats!
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Post by agatemaggot on Oct 26, 2019 17:18:21 GMT -5
Great score !
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 26, 2019 17:40:10 GMT -5
A rock sale? I feel like I’m in another country here on the east coast lol. The only thing you find here in south Jersey is people possibly selling some landscape rocks. Yep, Jersey sucks!!! Man, I’d go nuts at a sale like that. Great looking stuff. I had to control myself. I left a lot of good stuff there for the non-early birds. There were lots of bags full of very nice, large Bots and Lakers, a box of Bloody Basin (we just bought a lone chunk cuz it was really nice) and a bunch of other stuff that I can't remember now. |
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Post by miket on Oct 26, 2019 20:52:35 GMT -5
Very cool.
I've only been to a few and there's always so many rocks that I would love to take home...
Great score!
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Post by MsAli on Oct 27, 2019 6:27:20 GMT -5
Now that is fun!
I can picture you two like kids in a candy store
Looking forward to seeing them slabbed.
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 27, 2019 9:29:23 GMT -5
Early bird gets the worm..... SCORE!
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 31, 2019 19:56:03 GMT -5
A rock sale? I feel like I’m in another country here on the east coast lol. The only thing you find here in south Jersey is people possibly selling some landscape rocks. Yep, Jersey sucks!!! Man, I’d go nuts at a sale like that. Great looking stuff. I Hear ya!!! Not much here at the Va. Beach, either. Being able to step out your door and pick up decent rocks is just about obscene and rocks sales are pure decadence. The shame! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 31, 2019 19:56:31 GMT -5
Nice haul. I hope that OJ turns out nice.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 31, 2019 20:46:41 GMT -5
Nice haul. I hope that OJ turns out nice. Me too! I was thinking about you when I grabbed that.
Vince hasn't slabbed any of it up yet, but soon. He's slicing the Texas palmwood right now.
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 31, 2019 20:52:27 GMT -5
Nice haul. I hope that OJ turns out nice. Me too! I was thinking about you when I grabbed that.
Vince hasn't slabbed any of it up yet, but soon. He's slicing the Texas palmwood right now.
Ok now, you know you'll have to post pics when he cuts into it. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 31, 2019 20:56:12 GMT -5
Me too! I was thinking about you when I grabbed that.
Vince hasn't slabbed any of it up yet, but soon. He's slicing the Texas palmwood right now.
Ok now, you know you'll have to post pics when he cuts into it. Of course! Wouldn't dream of not posting pics.  There is a lot of druzy in those pieces. Could be good -- or bad. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Oct 31, 2019 21:34:23 GMT -5
I thought about you, too, rockjunquie, when Robin showed me the OJ she found in bags. One bag was a slightly better grade than the other, but since we had no OJ rough at home it was all good. The bigger single piece of OJ is mostly quartz with druze pockets. Some orbs, but it's gonna' be "different" when slabbed.
The Leopardskin was a dud. Probably would be okay for tumbling smalls, but we don't tumble. The palm wood (Texas, I think) looks great so far. It should - it was the most expensive piece in the lot. A chunk each of Amethyst Lace and Bloody Basin were the only other larger slabbers we got.
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 31, 2019 21:57:21 GMT -5
I guess you guys know me and OJ by now. LOL! I'm trying to cab tomorrow and picked out a couple of OJ to put in the cue.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 31, 2019 22:13:23 GMT -5
Looking forward to seeing them!
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Post by deedolce on Nov 1, 2019 15:28:09 GMT -5
That's the BEST kind of 'garage' sale! The Royal Sahara is nice. Yes, love to see the slabs too!
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Post by Rockoonz on Nov 1, 2019 17:42:26 GMT -5
Hearing about the sale from Robin made us want to move our flight home back by a day, now I'm really wishing we had. Really like the Royal Sahara.
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There is a lot of druzy in those pieces. Could be good -- or bad.
