Post by Sabre52 on May 23, 2012 16:31:55 GMT -5
Howdy folks,
Well, for a change I had me a free day. Was torn between going to the shooting range and going to hunt rocks over at the Eagle Pass gravel rock pile. Was jonesing for a rock day so the rocks won and I'm very glad because the pile was brand new and loaded with goodies. Here are a bunch of pics of some of my finds. thanks for lookin.....Mel
Thee whole take. Found some huge Rio Grandes today.
Couple of big Rio Grande agates:
My favorite for the day. Baby fist sized but intense reds and awesomely patterned.
Nice flower garden type moss/plume agate
Whopping big orange and olive green orbicular jasper edge shot:
Top showing orbs:
Found another big hunk of that stuff that really looks like dino bone but is not
Close look:
Huge golden moss with fortifications and vugs:
Big flint with clams and horn corals and a flint with a nice rosy pattern inside:
Found a bunch of regular agates this time. Some may have plume.
Right Rio Grande poppy type rhyolite and some brecciated jasper.
Thought this was dendritic Limestone but it's more like a jasper and has more silica.
And finally, another nice Rio Grande Moss and another with a fortification on top but moss if you turn it over:
Well, for a change I had me a free day. Was torn between going to the shooting range and going to hunt rocks over at the Eagle Pass gravel rock pile. Was jonesing for a rock day so the rocks won and I'm very glad because the pile was brand new and loaded with goodies. Here are a bunch of pics of some of my finds. thanks for lookin.....Mel
Thee whole take. Found some huge Rio Grandes today.
Couple of big Rio Grande agates:
My favorite for the day. Baby fist sized but intense reds and awesomely patterned.
Nice flower garden type moss/plume agate
Whopping big orange and olive green orbicular jasper edge shot:
Top showing orbs:
Found another big hunk of that stuff that really looks like dino bone but is not
Close look:
Huge golden moss with fortifications and vugs:
Big flint with clams and horn corals and a flint with a nice rosy pattern inside:
Found a bunch of regular agates this time. Some may have plume.
Right Rio Grande poppy type rhyolite and some brecciated jasper.
Thought this was dendritic Limestone but it's more like a jasper and has more silica.
And finally, another nice Rio Grande Moss and another with a fortification on top but moss if you turn it over:
Some gravel pile!!! Gravel around here is boring gray. Used to be green (Serpentine, our state rock) until they discovered problems with the asbestos content.
Hmmmmm, just kidding! ;D I can never figure out why no one ever used rock like that down here for gravel. 
