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Post by MrMike on Sept 20, 2017 18:37:05 GMT -5
I'm thinkin' Cliff is part Magpie ColoradoMagpie MagpieCliff hmmmm.....  Bowerbird, uses the bright colors to attract the ladies...  |
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Post by captbob on Sept 20, 2017 18:49:49 GMT -5
^^^ THAT'S IT !!!
He is using the pretty rocks to delight the kids which keeps the hottie moms coming back.
That Cliff is smarter than he looks.
not that that would take much ...
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Sept 20, 2017 20:55:59 GMT -5
Nice haul. That titanium rainbow duff sure is neat. Glad you keep them kids happy. Bet your nursery is the most fun nursery in the whole state.keeping the kids happy is good for business. A buddy of mine swears by it.he sells tools but keeps a whole section of free toys for the kid's, either way to see them smiles sure brightens any day. To bad an out the 2 lost boxes.
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rockdunker
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Post by rockdunker on Sept 20, 2017 21:04:19 GMT -5
Good call Ann. Figured it had to be. www.quartzpage.de/smoky.htmlIt's still common practice to artificially irradiate colorless quartz and sell it as smoky quartz. On big fairs, dealers are obliged to clearly label that quartz accordingly, but it's impossible to tell whether the source of the irradiation was natural or not just by looking at the crystals, so some dealers don't do that and get away with it. In the U.S.A. a lot of produce gets irradiated with gamma rays as a means of sterilization, and a box of white quartz just needs to be put on the same conveyor belt as the tomatoes for a couple of times. Often the dealers overdo it and the crystals turn out suspiciously black.
The only hints to tell if a specimen was irradiated are its origin and the geological environment it grew in. The latter requires a piece of matrix. Deeply colored, almost black quartz usually only occurs in igneous rocks. Gangue quartz is rarely black (at least I have never seen it), so you should raise your eyebrows over black quartz along with galenite or pyrite.
The location is often more helpful. A typical example is Arkansas. There is natural smoky quartz from Arkansas, but it is rare, and thus will not be sold by the lot on a fair. Anything smoky you get from Arkansas is irradiated. The specimen to the right probably was a little cloudy inside, and it also has a lot of little crystals grown on the prism. So it received some treatment, and voila, what a nice piece you get. Occasionally there's a picture of a "smoky quartz" from Arkansas in a book to serve as an example for a typical smoky quartz.ETA: Now about what to call a bunch of trilobites ...  I would call 2 boxes of trilobites gifts for people. Especially children. I have a flock of kids that when their parents come to the nursery to buy plants , shrubs, flowers, etc, make a beeline for either the lake or the truck rock pile to hound my piles. Smile.. I have several kids who bring me rocks at times and several moms who get badgered by their kids to bring them over just to see rocks and I always give them something. Used to be polished rocks but some have gotten bored with that so I need new material to further their interests. Giving the Arkansas hint was too much and several people saw it quick. Smart bunch on here. fantastic5 No one mentioned in the fluorite crystals picture that the consistent shape and also the color of a couple was an amethyst color. grin. Busy today so wasn't on. Noah spent the day and we always go out and do things. Today was a tour of a pot growing facility, tasting last years plum wine..mmm., picking out some bourbon for Noah's tastes, tbone, and then a rummage thru my rock piles and talking rocks. Was hard to keep Noah from busting up my fav collected septarian.. 
That septarian is in deep doo doo when the appropriate equipment is gathered. Plumb wine, green walnut booze and whiskey make me wanna open it up with a 308. Telling the postman what his mother in law said about him still has me in stitches. "No I don't actually know her but could 500 men be wrong" lmao. Too much for TV. Anyhow it was a good time, we just need to fish more I think. I can't believe I I didn't try to buy that bucket of Madagascar agate or make a run for it. That's some pretty material, can't wait to see what cleaned up looks like. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 21, 2017 0:21:41 GMT -5
ooooh Jean... rockpickerforever - Need some of that sage wisdom of yours. What does one call at plethora of retards idiots? Question has nothing to do with this thread. A shipload of fools A bumble of idiots An oxy of morons A bevy of boneheads A clutch of cretins Any of those work for you captbob? Lol... |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Sept 21, 2017 0:25:27 GMT -5
ooooh Jean... rockpickerforever - Need some of that sage wisdom of yours. What does one call at plethora of retards idiots? Question has nothing to do with this thread. A shipload of fools A bumble of idiots An oxy of morons A bevy of boneheads A clutch of cretins Any of those work for you captbob? Lol... I always thought it was called a 'forum'. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 21, 2017 0:28:55 GMT -5
A shipload of fools A bumble of idiots An oxy of morons A bevy of boneheads A clutch of cretins Any of those work for you captbob ? Lol... I always thought it was called a 'forum'. Ha ha. Could have just said Democraps, liberals, snowflakes, etc |
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Post by parfive on Sept 21, 2017 0:45:18 GMT -5
A confederacy of dunces.
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