Post by jakesrocks on Jan 30, 2015 11:35:45 GMT -5
Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting with an old friend. A few of you may know him as the Montana Madman, (mtmadman on here), or Bob Stecher. I've known Bob for probably 8 or 9 years, and every time we've gotten together we've swapped rocks. Yesterday was no exception.
For those of you who have never met Bob, if you get the opportunity, please do so. You won't be disappointed. He's a heavy haul / oversized haul trucker who travels all over the U.S. He's also a rockhound to the max, with a knack for finding beautiful specimens and cutting material in places where they aren't supposed to exist. He always has from a couple hundred pounds to over a thousand pounds of rocks loaded in and around his truck cab, and is always happy to swap material with fellow rockhounds. Did I mention that he's very generous ? He's met up with many rockhounds to swap, and they've left with their rear bumpers dragging the ground.
Anyway, I asked Bob to go easy on me since I'm getting up in the years, and am starting to reduce my pile of rocks to a few hundred pounds of select material. He did, and for the first time he left my place with more material than he left with me. Here come the pics of what he brought me.
Staurolite (fairy crosses) from an unspecified location in Arizona. (Hope to get more info on location later).
(Edited) -- These are Zincian Staurolite from Squaw Peak north of Phoenix, Arizona.
A couple of beautiful crystal lined geodes from somewhere on the Arizona / New Mexico border. Again, I hope for more info later.
A couple of small agates from South America which he had cut and polished.
A piece of what I beleive is baculite. Tho it doesn't show in the pic, there is an area of very nice mother of pearl showing.
A very nice piece of jasper from a job site near China Lake, California.
And a visit from Bob wouldn't be complete without a couple of Montana agates. The first when held up to strong light shows beautiful moss patterns inside.
There were also a couple of polished slabs of Montana moss. They show best when back lit. I'll rig something up and get pics of them too.
For those of you who have never met Bob, if you get the opportunity, please do so. You won't be disappointed. He's a heavy haul / oversized haul trucker who travels all over the U.S. He's also a rockhound to the max, with a knack for finding beautiful specimens and cutting material in places where they aren't supposed to exist. He always has from a couple hundred pounds to over a thousand pounds of rocks loaded in and around his truck cab, and is always happy to swap material with fellow rockhounds. Did I mention that he's very generous ? He's met up with many rockhounds to swap, and they've left with their rear bumpers dragging the ground.
Anyway, I asked Bob to go easy on me since I'm getting up in the years, and am starting to reduce my pile of rocks to a few hundred pounds of select material. He did, and for the first time he left my place with more material than he left with me. Here come the pics of what he brought me.
Staurolite (fairy crosses) from an unspecified location in Arizona. (Hope to get more info on location later).
(Edited) -- These are Zincian Staurolite from Squaw Peak north of Phoenix, Arizona.
A couple of beautiful crystal lined geodes from somewhere on the Arizona / New Mexico border. Again, I hope for more info later.
A couple of small agates from South America which he had cut and polished.
A piece of what I beleive is baculite. Tho it doesn't show in the pic, there is an area of very nice mother of pearl showing.
A very nice piece of jasper from a job site near China Lake, California.
And a visit from Bob wouldn't be complete without a couple of Montana agates. The first when held up to strong light shows beautiful moss patterns inside.
There were also a couple of polished slabs of Montana moss. They show best when back lit. I'll rig something up and get pics of them too.