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Post by stephan on Mar 16, 2015 17:20:55 GMT -5
Black Butte Reservoir/Stony Creek yield some very desirable cabbing jaspers. While a lot of it is pretty, much of it more suited to specimens, as it can be quite punky. www.flickr.com/photos/36618387@N06/sets/72157621009718464/It is located in Tehama and Glenn Counties in Northern California |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2015 21:52:30 GMT -5
Super nice NorPac rattlesnake in that set. Wow!!
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Post by snowmom on Mar 17, 2015 5:51:24 GMT -5
another lovely trip exploring with you. Heh, you can keep the snake. I'm happy with our slow and shy Massasaguas.
The brecciated red jasper in there sure made me drool. I love seeing what the terrain looks like and
loved the ocean and the creek/river bed photos. Please explain the pier or whatever that is that looks like a bridge to nowhere? We have a few NOAA stations here in local rivers, which can be walked on, but not wide enough for a car. It makes me think of that. Is it a monitoring station of some sort?
I see what you mean about many of the rocks shown, some look like they wouldn't hold up well to cut and polish processes. Thanks for the show!
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Post by stephan on Mar 17, 2015 13:06:28 GMT -5
Super nice NorPac rattlesnake in that set. Wow!! Thanks. I am a bit of a snake-freak. When other people are running away, I'm going toward it for pictures. In my view, a snake will be a snake, and that makes them far more predictable than people. Plus, they have wonderful markings. |
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Post by stephan on Mar 17, 2015 13:09:39 GMT -5
another lovely trip exploring with you. Heh, you can keep the snake. I'm happy with our slow and shy Massasaguas. The brecciated red jasper in there sure made me drool. I love seeing what the terrain looks like and loved the ocean and the creek/river bed photos. Please explain the pier or whatever that is that looks like a bridge to nowhere? We have a few NOAA stations here in local rivers, which can be walked on, but not wide enough for a car. It makes me think of that. Is it a monitoring station of some sort? I see what you mean about many of the rocks shown, some look like they wouldn't hold up well to cut and polish processes. Thanks for the show! Thanks. That ocean is actually a lake, and the bridge is the dam. There wouldn't be any NOAA stations, as it does not drain to the ocean. there is another mountain range in the way. And for the rocks, yeah -- many don't hold up, some don't take much of a polish, and some don't have enough contrast to "pop." After a while, though, you learn what to look for. |
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Post by snowmom on Mar 17, 2015 15:42:12 GMT -5
now I see it! thanks!
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 17, 2015 21:27:01 GMT -5
Liking that video......................I run into rattlers in Montana when I hunt for fossils too....I let them go one way,I go the other,they usually leave a guy alone...
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Post by garock on Mar 18, 2015 21:08:16 GMT -5
Loved all the photos except two, the snakes ! No fond of the snakes. In all the years I have collected rocks and minerals, I have never seen or uncovered a snake. Been Lucky ! But I don't let my guard down one second !
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