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Post by realrockhound on Jul 20, 2024 21:51:42 GMT -5
....Blue Biggs in the rough looks like? Now you know, and knowledge is half the battle. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/ddsepewbu/image/upload/v1721530205/IMG_0552_poqen4.jpg)
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 20, 2024 22:05:54 GMT -5
Just like my aunt Sue. Fairly homely on the outside but gorgeous inside.
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 20, 2024 22:11:58 GMT -5
Just like my aunt Sue. Fairly homely on the outside but gorgeous inside. I’m sure some people here have seen it before. But figure for those that haven’t would be a nice lil treat. Everything I see online nowadays is either slabs or polished. This one you can see the ugly exterior with lil windows of what lays within.
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Post by aGates on Jul 20, 2024 22:55:10 GMT -5
I had no clue fascinating. I thought the skin was mold at first glance. Thanks . realrockhound
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Post by chris1956 on Jul 21, 2024 7:37:20 GMT -5
So do you find these as individual rocks or take it off of a formation? Any idea what the coating is? Iron?
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Post by cabby on Jul 21, 2024 7:43:28 GMT -5
That is definitely a weird one! I highly doubt I would even suspect what it is if I stumbled across a rough like that! Does biggs get cut top down? Or does that crazy pattern show from cutting the sides?
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 21, 2024 9:48:54 GMT -5
Beers MT blue?
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 21, 2024 11:02:48 GMT -5
So do you find these as individual rocks or take it off of a formation? Any idea what the coating is? Iron? Couldn’t tell ya. I wasnt there in the 60’s when this stuff was dug. No clue what that rust stuff is either. All of my rough has it. But it’s all stored in a dry place in plastic containers.
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 21, 2024 11:03:23 GMT -5
That is definitely a weird one! I highly doubt I would even suspect what it is if I stumbled across a rough like that! Does biggs get cut top down? Or does that crazy pattern show from cutting the sides? cut with the pattern
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 21, 2024 11:06:11 GMT -5
Doesnt look like any beers mountain I’ve seen. I also thought beers mountain was a relatively new dig spot? My grandpa has had this stuff since my dad was a kid.
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 21, 2024 15:28:55 GMT -5
Most of the beers material soesn't have the blue, but the stuff with blue is similar to yours. Not sure what other locations there are with blue other than road cut blue, and I don't think it's road cut.
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 21, 2024 16:53:42 GMT -5
Most of the beers material soesn't have the blue, but the stuff with blue is similar to yours. Not sure what other locations there are with blue other than road cut blue, and I don't think it's road cut. Could be. There is a mish mash of different Biggs in the crates and barrels mixed in with deschutes. There is a bunch of the big wavey patterns in some of the bigger pieces that I’m certain is the original road cut. Was never aware there was blue beers mountain. Have only ever seen the tight knit pattern that’s brown. My grandpa had never made mention of any beers mountain. I was under the impression beers is a relatively new dig.
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 21, 2024 22:01:23 GMT -5
Most of the beers material soesn't have the blue, but the stuff with blue is similar to yours. Not sure what other locations there are with blue other than road cut blue, and I don't think it's road cut. Could be. There is a mish mash of different Biggs in the crates and barrels mixed in with deschutes. There is a bunch of the big wavey patterns in some of the bigger pieces that I’m certain is the original road cut. Was never aware there was blue beers mountain. Have only ever seen the tight knit pattern that’s brown. My grandpa had never made mention of any beers mountain. I was under the impression beers is a relatively new dig. I got some from an estate several years ago, he had bought it from Jenkins at the old red barn, at least that's what he told me. That would have put it at least back into the 80's. I don't know who was digging it back then. I've seen other similar stuff at Quartzsite from the newer digs, not as nice.
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 21, 2024 22:25:54 GMT -5
Could be. There is a mish mash of different Biggs in the crates and barrels mixed in with deschutes. There is a bunch of the big wavey patterns in some of the bigger pieces that I’m certain is the original road cut. Was never aware there was blue beers mountain. Have only ever seen the tight knit pattern that’s brown. My grandpa had never made mention of any beers mountain. I was under the impression beers is a relatively new dig. I got some from an estate several years ago, he had bought it from Jenkins at the old red barn, at least that's what he told me. That would have put it at least back into the 80's. I don't know who was digging it back then. I've seen other similar stuff at Quartzsite from the newer digs, not as nice. Spoke to my dad about it today. Said that stuff (all the Biggs and deschutes) was showing up at the house in the 60’s from his recollection. I’m not saying it’s not beers, Just know this stuff that shows the blue is mixed in with everything else that my grandpa called blue biggs. Can’t find anything online for blue beers. Now I wanna get to the bottom of this 😂
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Post by cabby on Jul 21, 2024 22:39:20 GMT -5
This article mentions the specific differences. It also says the location was known to old timers but didn’t expand on it…. www.rockngem.com/something-new-at-biggs-junction/edit: the name beers is much newer, but this article suggests that it was an old claim for Biggs
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 21, 2024 22:42:14 GMT -5
I'll try to find a slab from the stuff, I saved some of it. Could be multiple locations with blue, Biggs and Deschutes, for all I know. I'd ask Fisher but sometimes I think either he makes things up or he's getting old too.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 21, 2024 22:48:16 GMT -5
I don't know if this will help or not...but I do know if it's green beers, it's St. Paddy's day! ![(lol)](//storage.proboards.com/1258779/images/hyOivrcWsQyVjSKtYIub.gif)
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