rockwizz
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Post by rockwizz on Apr 16, 2008 0:00:58 GMT -5
Here are some of the pictures from the great trip we had over at Delta Utah April 9~12...The temperature was great, and everyone: tony (Catmandewe) and wife Kathy Roger Bush (Rbush) and wife sherry Ozzy (Rockwizz) and wife Myrtes and son Josh had a great time!!! Here are some of the pictures from the trip. I must admit, thursday when we got there...it was kind of cold. the night was really windy, and did not have a good time at all...here is josh after Thursday.  Tony (catmandewe) showed up Friday morning and quickly setup tent, and we were off to the hunt.  Tony quickly found a 100lb piece of jasper he could not pass on...here is tony hammering away   after a great rockhounding experience on Friday...we went into town for a great chicken fried steak dinner at the rancher.  here are the rocks: the terrain littered with agate and jasper and apache tears   geodes  a piece of tanzanite I found  topaz  at the geobeds operation  agate and jasper hill  |
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rbush
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Post by rbush on Apr 16, 2008 10:39:29 GMT -5
Great pictures Oz! I still think that Tanzanite is one of the coolest rocks I've seen yet! It was a great trip and you can sign us up for next year right now.
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Apr 16, 2008 14:37:30 GMT -5
Man I am sure sorry I couldn't make it!
If people want to keep coming back to these great locations, it will soon be starting to look like the western half of the US might wind up with an "annual RTH field trip" to some place or another nearly every month of the year!
What do we have so far-, WWR, Burro Creek, now Delta, what will be next?
Hey Tony, how about lining us up a trip to Bruneau Canyon or Willow Creek?
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Post by catmandewe on Apr 17, 2008 23:21:48 GMT -5
I am working on a bruneau canyon trip, I will let you know when it is doable.
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Apr 19, 2008 23:47:21 GMT -5
Nice pics Oz! I don't know if I've ever seen that many agate/jasper rocks littering the ground anywhere when i've gone out. Tony sure didn't waste anytime did he??? ;D Thanks for sharing your fun with us.
Steve
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rockwizz
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Post by rockwizz on Apr 22, 2008 20:42:19 GMT -5
Hey Steve-- It really was a great trip...I think the only thing that kept people from flocking was the gas prices skyrocketing as they are now  however, I think we are going to make this a yearly event every April early in the month to get the season started. I also would like to make some t-shirts as a souvenir of the trip...but I'm having a hard time locating a dealer that will do those for me. If you know of anyone that does t's and can design a cool Delta RTH 2008 t for us let me know. Ozzy |
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Apr 23, 2008 20:02:04 GMT -5
I still think that Tanzanite is one of the coolest rocks I've seen yet! Either someone carried some rocks from halfway around the world and left them laying around- or that is something other than Tanzanite, which is only found in a couple of localities in Africa www.mindat.org/min-3885.htmlI think its more likely that is blue topaz |
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rockwizz
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Post by rockwizz on Apr 23, 2008 20:43:44 GMT -5
Cool, I take that over tanzanite. I will have to have it checked though to be sure.
Ozzy
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Post by sandsman1 on Apr 29, 2008 13:09:48 GMT -5
haha that hill is mine i could climb up start an avalanch and walk back down and pick up what ever made it to the bottom hahaha --- looks like a great place with alot of cool finds
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lparker
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Post by lparker on Apr 30, 2008 11:08:15 GMT -5
Ozzy, you have a PM here and mail in your gmail account.
Lee
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Post by Original Admin on Apr 30, 2008 17:03:55 GMT -5
Rockwizz, and everyone else who sent in pics of the trip - thanks for sharing.
Im in the market for a chunk of Topaz from that trip - so if anyone wants to Ebay some I would place a bid - or I can do a USD business cheque no probs.
Awesome pics and again thanks for making me jealous - the desert seems so desert and yet so appealing to be there.
Mark
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however, I think we are going to make this a yearly event every April early in the month to get the season started.
