Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 14, 2008 12:29:59 GMT -5
Howdy folks, I always love a good egg and since I've been unpacking the egg crates, I thought I'd share a few more pics. Thanks for looking....Mel A Hauser Bed Egg from California with megaquartz, a floating center, and some kind of pseudomorph after a calcite blade: A hunk off another Hauser that the wife found with a nice pink, druze covered calcite rose: Some Baker Ranch Eggs from New Mexico, one polished along the curve where it broke and the other two polished flat. Love Baker Eggs! Baker Ranch egg geode with stalactite/mite growths: My favorite egg from the old Muddy Creek Ranch in central Oregon. I call it " The coast to coast flight of the pink SST" The jet is pink opal. Lead Pipe Springs egg with Amethyst: What lead Pipe Springs is famous for, lavender/blue eggs with sagenite along the edge: And finally, an egg from the Oregon site I think is tops for moss agate eggs, the Lucky Strike Mine. Sorry for the overexposure. This egg has tremendous depth, like moss floating in a pool of agate.
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MidNight~Rocksi3
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Post by MidNight~Rocksi3 on Nov 14, 2008 12:39:27 GMT -5
WOW! Those eggs rock! where is baker ranch? oh man I gotta get me some of those too! lol
oh and your wifey has killer taste! that second one looks like a perfect little flower..
cool pics! *smiles*
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Nov 14, 2008 12:41:26 GMT -5
Mel, those pics made me move some of the thunder eggs that I have from you closer to my saw! Adrian
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 14, 2008 12:50:08 GMT -5
Roxy: The Baker Ranch is way out in the boonies south of Deming near Hermanas, New Mexico. Think it's a private claim now and don't know if it's still a fee dig or not. It was owned by the Lindbergs last two times I went and the charge was something like 15 cents per pound for all you could dig.....Mel
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1rockhound
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Post by 1rockhound on Nov 14, 2008 13:35:56 GMT -5
The Baker Ranch thunder egg mine is owned by Robert Colburn, aka "Paul, the Geode Kid." He has a enormous museum in Deming New Mexico which he has put his entire collection of Geodes and Thunder Eggs in. If I'm correct the building is over 10,000 sq ft. The site is not open to the public but I know sometimes Paul allows people to dig in the tailing with permission. Here is the link to his website it has a wealth of information about thunder eggs and Geodes. www.zianet.com/GEODEKID/collecti.htmJason
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Post by beefjello on Nov 14, 2008 14:20:35 GMT -5
Man that's some fine stuff Mel! Not to hijack this thread, but here's a couple Baker Eggs I've cut in the past Gotta love them Bakers!
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Post by parfive on Nov 14, 2008 15:24:56 GMT -5
Baker eggs are the best, Brian. The good ones have so much fine banding, you need a loupe to appreciate it half the time.
Mel - Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to give us a pic that will do that last one justice. Maybe the domed Baker, too. Has that got sagenite in it?
Rich
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Post by Woodyrock on Nov 14, 2008 16:21:49 GMT -5
Mel.....this unpacking has got to the point where I look first to see what you have unpacked before I look anywhere else! Since the Hauser bed is on our list of sites for next weeks trip, our Explorer is going to be waddling on the trip home.
Woody
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 14, 2008 17:37:41 GMT -5
Woody: If it's your first trip to the Hauser Beds, be prepared for like 30 miles of the worst washboard road. Always about shakes my teeth out of my head. Bring plenty of digging tools as sometimes you have to go deep for the big'uns but don't overlook taking a walk down the main wash or up some of the hills to look for surface eggs. I've always found the surface eggs had better color, maybe because of the heat oxidizing some of the iron compounds.
Rich, I'll try for a couple of closeups when the light is better. Incredible play of parallax and shadow agate in some of those Baker eggs....Mel
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Post by Bejewelme on Nov 14, 2008 23:28:52 GMT -5
Wow those are beautiful eggs. Beef has some good looking ones as well.
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DeanW
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Post by DeanW on Nov 15, 2008 0:17:54 GMT -5
Woody, the CFMS is hosting a trip to the Wiley Wells area over Thanksgiving - is that what you are going for? If not, and the timing works, I suggest hooking up with them for a great trip (If it hasn't already been posted I'll post a note in the trips sub-forum).
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Post by texaswoodie on Nov 15, 2008 20:40:53 GMT -5
I love that Desert Rose Mel! The agates ain't bad either.
Curt
Oooh, I'm a big boy now. Look at all them stars.
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Post by sitnwrap on Nov 15, 2008 23:55:59 GMT -5
That first pic looks like an old fashion key got inside to unlock the treasures! All of these pics are awesome.
Brian, those are two killer hijackers!
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