Rock yard rock hunt

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Rock yard rock hunt Oct 16, 2014 8:48:21 GMT -5 roy, gingerkid, and 1 more like this

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Howdy folks,

Got a call from my buddy that owns a rock yard. He had a customer who brought in some rock samples for ID so I went by and as a by product of my visit, I got an invite to dig through a new pie of Eagle Pass quarry oversized gravel. Made for a fun morning rock hunt and I found a few good agates too. Here are a few pics of my catches....Mel

Some kind of dendritic jasper. Actually much prettier than the pic as the dendrites get better towards the other end. Pleasing antique ivory color too.

Some golden moss, one with darker agate background:

Red moss and plume and a brecciated jasper. Can't wait to saw into the light colored one as sometimes those are really nice.

Finally, the really nice ones, couple of flower garden agates:

jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,612	Rock yard rock hunt Oct 16, 2014 11:49:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Oct 16, 2014 11:49:27 GMT -5 So did the flower garden come from Woodward Mel ? Or was it produced by other flows that you might know of. There were fine seams of it at Woodward Ranch.

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Rock yard rock hunt Oct 16, 2014 12:42:06 GMT -5 snowmom and spiritstone like this

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Same here, Wife's Aunt in Tennessee uses thunder eggs found in the field behind her house to line her gardens.. I counted nearly 200 ill formed Thunder eggs in or around her yard. Then there was a time when a friend called and said that she hit something with a lawn mower, I mean she knew it was a rock, but because the mower blade took a small chunk out.. the center of the stone smooth and creamy white.. Hence she call me in to examine it. Then there was the time when I went over to my wife's friends house.. and typically while everyone is socializing.. I tend to walk the fields or their yard searching.. Again another the owner of the property, had a large pale blue/green stone in her yard.. I asked her if she realized what the stone was.. she had no clue and said she thought it was purty and put it in her yard.. turns out it was prob one of the best and biggest samples I've even seen of Aquamarine.

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Rock yard rock hunt Oct 16, 2014 14:26:35 GMT -5 snowmom likes this

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James: In ancient times the Rio grande drained most of west Texas and northern Mexico. The flower garden subtype of plume/moss could be from the areas south of Alpine or from other outcrops in the same region now lost in time.

Stone whisper: Years ago I used to buy keokuk type sedimentary geodes that came from a fellow's fields in Tennessee. Most had a relatively thin quartz shell with nice quartz crystal centers. Still have a few out in my shop. The exteriors appear knobby and very much like crinoid heads. A fossil collector friend said they actually were from filled molds left by crinoids when they decomposed..Mel

Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,723	Rock yard rock hunt Oct 18, 2014 15:12:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Oct 18, 2014 15:12:35 GMT -5 Great score Mel!
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