Digforcrystals
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Post by Digforcrystals on Apr 26, 2011 14:36:15 GMT -5
Anyone have an idea with the name of this bizarre material? thanks for any help on this!
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Post by mohs on Apr 26, 2011 15:23:01 GMT -5
definitely Martian or stone peyote !
obviously I have no idea but really cool you posted it sure it'll get lots of speculation museum worthy !
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Digforcrystals
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Post by Digforcrystals on Apr 26, 2011 15:33:11 GMT -5
I was thinking amanita muscaria ( not that I know anything about that). But seriously , has anyone ever seen anything like this?
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Post by mohs on Apr 26, 2011 15:53:11 GMT -5
so did ya dig it ? know where it comes from? its really cool !
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Digforcrystals
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Post by Digforcrystals on Apr 26, 2011 15:59:15 GMT -5
Yeah , I dug it!
Out of a barn yesterday.
It had been in storage at least since 1998, maybe as early as 1965 as most of the labels had 60's era dates and stored in 8 cent cigar boxes. Most of the material was USA, mostly Eastern USA at that but with some western stuff thrown in. The previous owner took a trip to australia in 1998 so that may be a clue and might not be , either. I dont think there was any foreign material aside from the stuff he collected in Austrailia.
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Post by Rockhobbit on Apr 26, 2011 16:20:48 GMT -5
It looks like chalcedony to me. Dark chalcedony.
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Digforcrystals
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Post by Digforcrystals on Apr 26, 2011 17:10:16 GMT -5
Yeah, I am sure it is chalcedony/agate. But what is it called and where is it from? I think I have seen a picture of this ,but only once. So it probably isnt common.
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Post by mohs on Apr 27, 2011 0:29:55 GMT -5
That's a great garage rock dig! must been kept in dark moist area...
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Apr 27, 2011 8:53:14 GMT -5
I don't know either but it sure is COOL!
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flkate
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Post by flkate on Apr 27, 2011 14:44:07 GMT -5
Did the people know you were rummaging around in their stuff?
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