Post by elementary on Jul 17, 2010 16:33:42 GMT -5
A while back I showed the rock boxes that I put together for my students. My latest 'box' is going to be given to my club's silent auction.
If it doesn't go for the minimum price, then it goes back to me (which isn't back since I put so much time into these guys.)
You'll notice that the variety of material covers USA and Mexico, but the specimens are either small or fractured in some way. Still, I think it will be a great gift for a youngin' trying to learn about what our better known agates. The box will also come with a pamphlet that will explain what each piece is an example of (sagenite, plume, moss, fortification, nodule, thunderegg, etc.) If I have enough time, I'll print the photo of the specimen over each write up.
(Can't get the teacher out of me, even during summer...)
(Also - I gotta dust the stuff before I photo it...)
The box contents:
Starting with California:
Acton agate (w. tiny dendrite in lower left)
Horse Canyon (closed locality)
North Cady Seam (with plume)
Hauser Bed Thunderegg
Owlhead Mountain Sagenite (closed locality)
Turtle Mountain Blue Agate Fortification
Other American:
Baker Egg (Tavernier type) New Mexico
Woodward Ranch (plume) Texas
Dryhead Agate (tiny specimen) Montana
Black Hills Agate (Fairburn? - Tiny Specimen) S. Dakota
Lake Superior Agate with Parallax (shadow)
Bruneau Jasper (Idaho)
Carnelian from Northwest (exact source unknown)
Maury Mountain Moss Oregon
From Mexico
Blue Agate (t-egg cores)
Mexican Red Hot (Sonoran Red Hot) - I think... (Boy these closeups show where I missed some scratches...)
Nodule (Unknown location)
Fire Agate
Thank you for looking!
Lowell
If it doesn't go for the minimum price, then it goes back to me (which isn't back since I put so much time into these guys.)
You'll notice that the variety of material covers USA and Mexico, but the specimens are either small or fractured in some way. Still, I think it will be a great gift for a youngin' trying to learn about what our better known agates. The box will also come with a pamphlet that will explain what each piece is an example of (sagenite, plume, moss, fortification, nodule, thunderegg, etc.) If I have enough time, I'll print the photo of the specimen over each write up.
(Can't get the teacher out of me, even during summer...)
(Also - I gotta dust the stuff before I photo it...)
The box contents:
Starting with California:
Acton agate (w. tiny dendrite in lower left)
Horse Canyon (closed locality)
North Cady Seam (with plume)
Hauser Bed Thunderegg
Owlhead Mountain Sagenite (closed locality)
Turtle Mountain Blue Agate Fortification
Other American:
Baker Egg (Tavernier type) New Mexico
Woodward Ranch (plume) Texas
Dryhead Agate (tiny specimen) Montana
Black Hills Agate (Fairburn? - Tiny Specimen) S. Dakota
Lake Superior Agate with Parallax (shadow)
Bruneau Jasper (Idaho)
Carnelian from Northwest (exact source unknown)
Maury Mountain Moss Oregon
From Mexico
Blue Agate (t-egg cores)
Mexican Red Hot (Sonoran Red Hot) - I think... (Boy these closeups show where I missed some scratches...)
Nodule (Unknown location)
Fire Agate
Thank you for looking!
Lowell