charles kuchar
spending too much on rocks
getting ready for the second coming
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Post by charles kuchar on Mar 31, 2018 19:42:27 GMT -5
lot of ground at the Nebraska prairie sections. last year I got very nice Nebraska blue agate, the state rock. you can find prairie agates also along with some fairburns. used to be a lot more of them but you have to hunt now instead of just picking them up. however there are places the blue agate is plentiful. last year I got two five gallon buckets full. chas
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2018 20:55:29 GMT -5
Happy hunting! Those dark, inky blues can make some great cabs, too.
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 31, 2018 22:22:43 GMT -5
Don't forget to take pics *S*....Mel
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Post by orrum on Apr 1, 2018 10:57:25 GMT -5
I been there and saw the ridges covered with rounded agate etc. How do you tell the blue ones without having to chip a thousand rounded stones?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 11:57:37 GMT -5
How do you tell the blue ones without having to chip a thousand rounded stones? Folks I know who have come back with any have said that they chipped it out of seams. Pieces I have are nearly transparent on top with blue-black cores, and don't look anything like the rounded Prairie agates from the area. That was back in the days before most everyone had gps, but perhaps by now someone (or perhaps the rockhound books) have coordinates to point to ledges in which there are blue seams.
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