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Post by frane on Aug 21, 2009 8:43:14 GMT -5
I was really surprised when I won a contest that Tony, catmandewe, held. He sent a box of rocks to me that I am so impressed with! I had to go out this morning and take a bunch of pictures. Now, Tony tells me that what is in the box is"a bunch of pigeon blood from green river, UT. and some red agate and coprolite and one piece of maby dino bone from Woodside and the green is from northern UT around Lucin. Now, I can tell what the pigeon blood is but being sure on the others, well, I am not good at that. Here is the whole group and frankly, I don't know how he got it all in that box! The pigeon blood and red agates Some bigger chunks The beautiful big chunks of green, probably quartzite The idontknowites: the bottom one is really sparkly when dry I am not sure what that white one is and is the gray one a bone? Thank you so much Tony! I am going to really enjoy this box of goodies! Fran
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Post by catmandewe on Aug 21, 2009 11:01:26 GMT -5
Congrats on the win Fran! The white one is part of an alabaster plate we dug out of the side of a cliff on the way into Woodside. The vein was about 8-10" thick but it is really soft, this was the harder part of the vein. In the second to the last picture the kind of ugly piece just to the left of the white piece looked like it may have bone structure in it, not sure though without cutting into it. Most of the coprolite we found there was from very large pieces, and most of it had some kind of yellow mixed in with the red. The grey piece we have no idea what it is, it was just kind of interesting.
Glad the box arrived in one piece. Have fun with it!
Tony
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Post by Bejewelme on Aug 21, 2009 11:37:59 GMT -5
Fran: Congrats, I know how beautiful that pigeon blood is, I cant wait to cab it! You enjoy that box, you so deserve it!
Amber
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Post by MyNewHobby on Aug 21, 2009 11:42:31 GMT -5
Wow!
That looks like a whole lot of future fun!!!
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Post by karenfh on Aug 21, 2009 21:20:06 GMT -5
What fun. Guess you just have to roll with the rocks. I think you did well, tho, narrowing the poop and the bone. Let me know, ok? K What an amazing box you received! Holy cow wow!
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