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Post by puppie96 on Sept 19, 2010 14:41:52 GMT -5
Hi! In case anybody's interested, just north of Lincoln, MO (the capital of mozarkite country, so to speak) they are widening the highway. There's about 2 miles of dirt and rocks predug for us by the highway department. There's lots of mozarkite there! Some was very nicely colored and patterned. It was hot and we didn't have a whole lot of time to search carefully, so I suspect that more careful collecting would yield even better quality stuff.
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Post by puppie96 on Sept 19, 2010 18:55:36 GMT -5
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Post by rockmanken on Sept 20, 2010 10:08:10 GMT -5
Some mozarkite I did.  Ken |
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Post by Toad on Sept 20, 2010 10:22:09 GMT -5
So the highway department did something useful?? Great finds.
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Post by beefjello on Sept 20, 2010 20:30:06 GMT -5
Wow, great looking stuff Pup! I know if I lived there I'd be all over that! I'm sure those here from MO appreciate the heads up.
Good to see you again!! ;D
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Post by Roller on Sept 20, 2010 22:59:05 GMT -5
wow thats some great looking material ... Iam with beef ... you probably would not see me for a week ...
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Post by puppie96 on Sept 21, 2010 0:58:14 GMT -5
I like that state of MO, nice work, and beef, you should come out while it lasts. I read some history of the area and found out that the mozarkite deposit was originally discovered when they built the first 2 lanes of hwy. 65. The pictures aren't great. I'm most psyched about some black, white, and yellow with really intricate feathering type patterns on it. I don't remember seeing really black mozarkite before with so much white contrast. BTW we went down there for the annual rock swap and the pay dig. This was a bonus.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Sept 28, 2010 20:13:57 GMT -5
Better quality stuff? The stuff in the pics looks awesome!! Hey Debbie, where have you been? We miss ya!!
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Post by tandl on Oct 1, 2010 8:43:20 GMT -5
Ah Yeah !
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Post by RockMole on Nov 6, 2010 19:45:22 GMT -5
Hi all! Newbie here--I've just joined the board. Does anyone know if there is still some mozarkite available at this site, or have they finished & covered it all up? I'd love to get some, but kinda hate to go unless I know it's still active. Thanks for any replies!
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Post by RockMole on Nov 12, 2010 11:14:36 GMT -5
Hello again. Here's a follow-up to my own question  . |
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Post by RockMole on Nov 12, 2010 11:19:50 GMT -5
Sorry. Hit the wrong button and message sent before I'd finished! The highway construction is still underway. We found more of the red-pink mix towards the northern end of the work area, particularly in large mounds of dirt, rather than scattered on the surface. Plenty of the grey/white mix. Many with crystal vugs. Probably not to the extent that this area was upon initial digging, but still able to obtain some nice stuff!
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Post by rockmanken on Nov 13, 2010 17:32:59 GMT -5
You can contact Linville Harms. He has the original mine and charges $2 lb. Going to be hard to find any decent stuff because he isn't working it with the backhoe anymore. About played out. His number is ....660-827-4143.
Ken
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