geoff59
spending too much on rocks
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Post by geoff59 on Nov 20, 2022 6:43:29 GMT -5
From an old mica pegmatite, I have a pound or so of scorzalite (looks sort of similar to sodalite), I am thinking “is that the rarest?” I am not sure, I don’t have enough coffee in my blood yet.
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realrockhound
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Chucking leaverite at tweekers
Member since June 2020
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Post by realrockhound on Nov 13, 2023 17:56:18 GMT -5
I need to post pics of the Royal eyes cabenite in this thread. I’ve cut some beauties recently
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 13, 2023 17:59:22 GMT -5
I need to post pics of the Royal eyes cabenite in this thread. I’ve cut some beauties recently  |
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Nov 13, 2023 22:08:27 GMT -5
Don't know about rarity but these cabs came from a single piece I found many years ago on a hounding trip to Idaho's Pahsimeroi Valley (yes, such a place exists!) with my beloved grandfather. It was the only such trip we ever took together and the stones have great meaning for me. The piece was float and I've never seen any stones like it since. Sorry for the bad image but it was a quickie I took just now.  |
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realrockhound
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Chucking leaverite at tweekers
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Post by realrockhound on Nov 13, 2023 22:42:17 GMT -5
Don't know about rarity but these cabs came from a single piece I found many years ago on a hounding trip to Idaho's Pahsimeroi Valley (yes, such a place exists!) with my beloved grandfather. It was the only such trip we ever took together and the stones have great meaning for me. The piece was float and I've never seen any stones like it since. Sorry for the bad image but it was a quickie I took just now. Love that pink banding in it. Cool material for sure. |
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realrockhound
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Chucking leaverite at tweekers
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Post by realrockhound on Nov 18, 2023 13:42:52 GMT -5
Lil taste of some Royal Eyes Cabenite  |
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Post by velodromed on Mar 29, 2024 19:20:29 GMT -5
Lil taste of some Royal Eyes Cabenite Crazy stuff that is. Beautiful… |
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realrockhound
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Chucking leaverite at tweekers
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Post by realrockhound on Mar 29, 2024 19:37:55 GMT -5
Lil taste of some Royal Eyes Cabenite Crazy stuff that is. Beautiful… It’s alright. Also.. I haven’t forgotten about you. Just been a lot going on around here. I’ll get around to it. |
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Post by velodromed on Mar 30, 2024 7:11:01 GMT -5
It’s alright. Also.. I haven’t forgotten about you. Just been a lot going on around here. I’ll get around to it. no worries, man, I understand ‘a lot going on’. |
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realrockhound
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Chucking leaverite at tweekers
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Post by realrockhound on Apr 1, 2024 15:13:43 GMT -5
It’s alright. Also.. I haven’t forgotten about you. Just been a lot going on around here. I’ll get around to it. no worries, man, I understand ‘a lot going on’. Stuff all ready essentially. Just had to get some boxes and other crap pulled together. I’m out of town this week on a business trip, and Easter etc.. got in the way this weekend. Randomly sometime soon something will show up. I had the dogs pick the material, so if your daughter doesn’t like it, tell her to blame them 😂 |
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Post by velodromed on Apr 1, 2024 20:52:06 GMT -5
no worries, man, I understand ‘a lot going on’. Stuff all ready essentially. Just had to get some boxes and other crap pulled together. I’m out of town this week on a business trip, and Easter etc.. got in the way this weekend. Randomly sometime soon something will show up. I had the dogs pick the material, so if your daughter doesn’t like it, tell her to blame them 😂 Aw she’ll love that! She and our pup Bosco are real tight. Thanks man!!    |
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chaosdsm
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since April 2024
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Post by chaosdsm on Oct 1, 2024 15:59:26 GMT -5
Rarest I've ever found was a white opal about the size of my thumb back in the late 70's in the Mojave Desert California. I was around 7 or 8 at the time so definitely not a large rock.
I gave it to my dad who made jewelry, his face lit up like a kid at Christmas seeing a tree loaded with presents. He cut & polished for a few days, made a really nice sterling silver ring to set it in, & sold it about a week later. No idea what he got for it.
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 2, 2024 14:16:26 GMT -5
Rarest I've ever found was a white opal about the size of my thumb back in the late 70's in the Mojave Desert California. I was around 7 or 8 at the time so definitely not a large rock. I gave it to my dad who made jewelry, his face lit up like a kid at Christmas seeing a tree loaded with presents. He cut & polished for a few days, made a really nice sterling silver ring to set it in, & sold it about a week later. No idea what he got for it. ...you had me smiling up until this point! |
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chaosdsm
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by chaosdsm on Oct 2, 2024 19:15:11 GMT -5
He made & sold a LOT of Turquoise & Silver jewelry - my mom still has a bracelet he made. That was his primary source of income in those days, and I was too young to care...
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