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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 21, 2012 10:58:22 GMT -5
Yep. lol.
Donnie, the wood is just plain brown and black inside. The only thing interesting is the outside appearance. That's why I've kept it all these years.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 21, 2012 12:10:55 GMT -5
Here's another from the box. Doesn't look like much. It's pet palm as found with dark desert tarnish. Collected from the Green Ash Hills, east of the Calico Mts., San Bernardino Co., Ca. In the lower right corner is a small chip where you can see the eyes or fiber ends. Collected in 1995.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 21, 2012 15:45:35 GMT -5
Another from the treasure box. Ruby Jack ( Sphalerite ) on quartzite. Can't remember where I collected this, but it was back in the 1950's, when I was still a pebble pup.
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Post by paulshiroma on Jan 21, 2012 18:15:59 GMT -5
Don, these are great specimens! Thanks for posting - especially the one from the Green Ash Hills/Yermo area. Andrew and I will be heading back there soon.
Paul
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 21, 2012 18:39:52 GMT -5
Got one more piece to clean and take a pic of. Very hard Pisolite that takes a great polish, Looks a lot like that leopard skin jasper, but was collected long before that stuff came on the market.
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Post by tntmom on Jan 21, 2012 18:59:16 GMT -5
These are fantastic pieces Don!!! Wow I bet opening these boxes up brings back a lot of memories, how FUN!!!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 21, 2012 19:10:25 GMT -5
Hey Krystee, wait until you see the pic tomorrow. That piece has a small window polished to show the pattern. I have 2 large pieces in the shed. 1 to slab, and the other for a sphere.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 22, 2012 11:13:17 GMT -5
The last pic from the treasure box. Pisolitic jasper. There were other very small specimen pieces in the box, but I'm not set up for micro pics. Not a good pic, but here's a cab of this material. What appears to be cracks, are actually very well healed fractures. Don't remember where this was collected. That was way back in the 1950's, and I haven't been able to find my boxes of notes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2012 10:25:29 GMT -5
I am sure glad I was not your neighbor and owned a pickup when you moved. lol That move must have been hell. Jim
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 23, 2012 10:43:24 GMT -5
Sure was Jim. California to South Dakota with over a ton of my best material. Gave away twice that much before the move.
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Post by sdgoldpanner on Jan 23, 2012 11:24:01 GMT -5
Sure was Jim. California to South Dakota with over a ton of my best material. Gave away twice that much before the move. Most of A rock hunters "stash" tends to go with him. I remember when I moved to Rapid, I had to send another truck just to haul my equipment and piles of specimens. The neighbors thought I had lost it hauling all those rocks, but what do they know.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 23, 2012 11:50:55 GMT -5
Hey Bob, we had 2 moving trucks filled to capacity when we moved up here, and the bed of my truck was filled too.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 23, 2012 12:41:55 GMT -5
Oh what the hey, lets throw another from the box in here. Not really a rock. This is a mineral coated piece of plant life collected from the edge of a hot spring while on a Boy Scout trip in the early 50's. There's a proper name for this stuff, but the name escapes me right now. ( That oldtimers stuff ). Collected near Punta Banda, SE of Ensenada, Baja California.
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jan 23, 2012 13:43:38 GMT -5
That's a pretty cool looking piece!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 23, 2012 14:01:35 GMT -5
Risked my life for that one Donnie. If you google Punta Banda, it's a resort now. But back when I collected that piece there was a bar and small store sitting just above the beach. nothing else for miles around. We camped about 2 miles up a dirt road from the bar. Along the road was a steaming hot pool of water with several pieces of mineral covered plants around it. I tied a rope around my waist and had a buddy lower me down to the plants so I could break off a piece. If I had slipped, I would have been boiled alive.
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Post by paulshiroma on Jan 29, 2012 1:30:08 GMT -5
Thanks for taking through your stash, Don. This is an interesting thread and love the story about Punta Banda! Paul
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 30, 2012 23:01:42 GMT -5
Hey Paul, Punta Banda was pretty wild when I was there. Lots of rattle snakes and scorpians, and the surf was full of sting rays. Did some snorkling off the point, and came face to face with my first shark.
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jan 31, 2012 7:49:20 GMT -5
Bet you wouldn't do that now, huh!?
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 31, 2012 8:53:09 GMT -5
Bet you wouldn't do that now, huh!? Nope, too old now. Don't have the strength or endurance for snorkling anymore.
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jan 31, 2012 8:58:34 GMT -5
Getting old sucks, doesn't it!!!!!!!!!!
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