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Post by bobby1 on Apr 30, 2015 22:17:57 GMT -5
The dealer/miner describes this material that he found a couple years ago as "Scorpion" Silica Crystals. It has an underlying agate base with botryoidial features upon which slica has depositied. These botryoidial features have very small botryoidial silica sprays growing on them. This piece weighs 12 lbs. The material formed in vugs on a decomposing serpentine matrix. The underlying color usually is brown or yellow but sometimes blue or green. He called it Scorpion Silica Crystals because his son was reaching into the vug to extract a plate of crystals but grabbed a handful of small scorpions instead. They were small so their sting was painful but not that poisonous.  |
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Post by snowmom on May 1, 2015 4:04:04 GMT -5
aaaack! a HANDFUL of scorpions? talk about aversion therapy! beautiful rock though.
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Post by paulshiroma on May 1, 2015 7:58:20 GMT -5
That's an awesome score, Bobby. Ugly way to get at them, though. Congrats.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 9:36:42 GMT -5
It was probably these little guys. The Stripe Tail Scorpion (Vejovis spinigerus). As you say, painful but not dangerous. I have been stung once and it was exactly like that of a paper wasp. Thanks for sharing Bob.  |
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Post by Fossilman on May 1, 2015 9:48:10 GMT -5
Nice crystal and a memory about how it was collected..
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Post by Sabre52 on May 1, 2015 11:19:46 GMT -5
Neat! Kind of like a crystalline desert rose. Scorpions and rocks seem to go hand in hand. I sat on a scorpion in my Barker lounger last week. Hurt like a son of a gun. Dang thing crawled back down into the cushion before I could get him but he came out again a couple of days later and I had my revenge. Dang bark scorpions anyway!.....Mel
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Post by captbob on May 1, 2015 13:09:12 GMT -5
Suddenly Florida's cockroaches aren't seeming quite so bad at the moment.
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Post by lilacmoth on May 2, 2015 0:40:55 GMT -5
I thought with scorpions it was the smaller, the deadlier??
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Post by vegasjames on May 2, 2015 2:34:10 GMT -5
I thought with scorpions it was the smaller, the deadlier?? Not all scorpions are poisonous to humans. Our native scorpions for example are not poisonous to humans. The only scorpions here in Nevada are the bark scorpions that came in on some palm trees imported from Arizona. |
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Post by snowmom on May 2, 2015 3:35:55 GMT -5
Neat! Kind of like a crystalline desert rose. Scorpions and rocks seem to go hand in hand. I sat on a scorpion in my Barker lounger last week. Hurt like a son of a gun. Dang thing crawled back down into the cushion before I could get him but he came out again a couple of days later and I had my revenge. Dang bark scorpions anyway!.....Mel hurt like a son of a gun, probably what the scorp was thinking when you sat on him! ( revenge is sweet). |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2015 8:50:53 GMT -5
I thought with scorpions it was the smaller, the deadlier?? Not all scorpions are poisonous to humans. Our native scorpions for example are not poisonous to humans. The only scorpions here in Nevada are the bark scorpions that came in on some palm trees imported from Arizona. I think you meant the only dangerous scorps in Nevada. |
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Post by vegasjames on May 2, 2015 15:44:31 GMT -5
Not all scorpions are poisonous to humans. Our native scorpions for example are not poisonous to humans. The only scorpions here in Nevada are the bark scorpions that came in on some palm trees imported from Arizona. I think you meant the only dangerous scorps in Nevada. Correct, missed a word. |
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Post by Sabre52 on May 2, 2015 19:08:00 GMT -5
snowmom, Scorpions are tough as blazes. They don't even notice it when you sit on them. Have to pick them u with tweezers and smack them with a rock. We are totally infested with them in this part of Texas. Soon as it gets hot, they all come inside to get the AC cooling. Might as well call the house a scorpion resort, put out little chaise lounges for them and serve them drinks with umbrellas....Mel
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 2, 2015 19:31:31 GMT -5
Scorpions may be tough, but I just found something even tougher. Just killed a big tarantula wasp in my yard a couple days ago. My dog Lucy likes to snap at bees, didn't want her to tangle with that! I knocked it to the ground, then with shoes on, I tried repeatedly to squish it into the dirt. Its hard exoskeleton was way too tough. I finally was able to slow it down a little, then I used a pair of pliers to crunch its head. I dumped it into a bucket. It was still alive, flat head and all, hours later. Then I flushed it. Yeah, I know, wasting water...
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Post by jamesp on May 3, 2015 8:20:05 GMT -5
Georgia scorpions feel like a little pin prick. Heebee jee bees though, a scorpion is a scorpion. Prefer to stay away from them.
Southern Devil Scorpion (Vaejovis carolinianus)
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Post by Tommy on May 3, 2015 9:11:27 GMT -5
Scorpions may be tough, but I just found something even tougher. Just killed a big tarantula wasp in my yard a couple days ago. My dog Lucy likes to snap at bees, didn't want her to tangle with that! I knocked it to the ground, then with shoes on, I tried repeatedly to squish it into the dirt. Its hard exoskeleton was way too tough. I finally was able to slow it down a little, then I used a pair of pliers to crunch its head. I dumped it into a bucket. It was still alive, flat head and all, hours later. Then I flushed it. Yeah, I know, wasting water... From a fellow Californian - in regards to anything that can be described as a "big tarantula wasp" please feel free to use as much water as you need until it is dead. Thank you. |
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Post by Tommy on May 3, 2015 9:14:44 GMT -5
Beautiful piece bobby1 thanks for for showing us and telling the back story. |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2015 13:45:18 GMT -5
I thought with scorpions it was the smaller, the deadlier?? Nope. Although huge scorpions are never dangerous. There are large species 3" plus that are quite dangerous. A good rule I'd to observe the lobster claws. Big clunky ones generally on not dangerous ones and long thin gracile claws are on those with potent venom. Disclaimer: No rule is 100% in nature. Still living Bobs druzy. |
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Post by stephan on May 8, 2015 0:04:47 GMT -5
Georgia scorpions feel like a little pin prick. Heebee jee bees though, a scorpion is a scorpion. Prefer to stay away from them. Southern Devil Scorpion (Vaejovis carolinianus) Anything that doesn't have a head is somewhat creepy, and I like odd critters. On the other hand, they are fluorescent under black light... Here is our California common scorpion: www.flickr.com/photos/36618387@N06/5599983656/Venomous, but not generally dangerous. Similar to a bee-sting, I'm told. Gorgeous druzy specimen. |
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