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Post by stonesthatrock on Jun 20, 2010 19:01:38 GMT -5
After we arrived at chris and tony's the first place we had to go is boise to deliver his genie.........  tony found a guitar and decided to entertain us........  Then is was off the meet larry ridley the owner of the willow creek mine. This is larry, jason, tony , ralph and john (pepplepup) talking rock.......  Tony, Chris and I are doing some rockhounding in larry's shop while the rest are looking around. This is my way of rockhounding..... lol         check out the evil eye... lol i'm thinking how hard ralph will have to work when we get home.  chris and i are going threw his 5 gal. slab bucket.. While john was supervising............. oh boy that was fun. We found lots of small slabbets.  I will have more later.......my connection is running slow and this took me forever to do. The next segment will be part of his collection so don't miss it.......... mary ann |
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brent
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Post by brent on Jun 21, 2010 10:30:19 GMT -5
That looks like fun.
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Post by Woodyrock on Jun 21, 2010 11:22:43 GMT -5
LOL, I think most of us are quite envious seeing you lot going throught those buckets of Willow Creek!
Woody
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Post by sitnwrap on Jun 21, 2010 22:19:20 GMT -5
Mary ann, it looks like you all are having one heck of a rock licking good time. lol.
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Post by NatureNut on Jun 21, 2010 22:46:37 GMT -5
Y'all are having too much fun there. Sounds like a great way to lose track of time and spend hours in those buckets. Happy and safe travels. Jo
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Post by catmandewe on Jun 21, 2010 23:28:00 GMT -5
Adding a few more pics from the trip to Boise. Ralph holding a large Willow Creek Sphere valued at $10,000  Willow Creek is actually found in thunder eggs from basketball size to 11 feet in diameter, with only 1 in 10 having something good inside. Here is an unusual half  A 300 lb chunk of Willow Creek, sadly I couldn't afford it!  Larry has kept some slabs for his personal collection. This one he calls The Meteor    Some Morrisonite from his collection    A nice chunk of Malachite  Now that is a saw room!!  A bin of Willow Creek  It was a great day, we all had a blast! Tony |
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Post by snuffy on Jun 21, 2010 23:45:22 GMT -5
Wow is all I can say. that one slab of the giant bug attacking an astronaut is like a cartoon. Amazing. How did you ever leave that shop? Or did you leave?
snuffy
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Post by chassroc on Jun 22, 2010 15:23:09 GMT -5
That is some impressive rock
The personal slabs , the Morrisonite , the morrisonite, whew!
Enjoy your trip
Charlie
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Post by frane on Jun 24, 2010 7:12:45 GMT -5
I love all of these pictures! Those are amazing slabs and it looks like you are all having some great fun together! Maryann, you look so mischievous! Now Ralph's face while holding that willowcreek...priceless!
I keep going back to the malachite chunk, well actually all of it! Just beautiful stuff there!
Fran
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Post by sitnwrap on Jun 24, 2010 20:35:42 GMT -5
My jaw just dropped to my knees.
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Post by drocknut on Jun 24, 2010 22:23:08 GMT -5
Cool pictures, thanks for posting. Looks like you all are having a great time. I love the meteor, so cool.
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Post by fishenman on Jun 27, 2010 18:15:20 GMT -5
Great pictures. It looks like so much fun. Those rocks make me want to move the the area. Ralph holding the sphere, he looks like he was just told how much it was worth.
The personal collection is a real treat, thanks for posting.
Geoff
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