llanago
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by llanago on Sept 18, 2004 10:03:48 GMT -5
I just started working out on a big ranch a couple of weeks ago. Somebody out there is a rockhound. There is one house that has a rock ledge all around the front and there is a huge collection of rocks, fossils, arrowheads and such covering the ledge. On a side where there is no ledge, are the BIG rocks! Here are some pics I took - would have taken more, but the batteries in my camera died and I didn't have my charger - I just hate it when that happens!! This is a big piece of pet wood. It's about 2-1/2 ft. tall and 12 or so inches in diameter. The second pic is of crystal formations on the top of it.   This is a HUGE geode found out there. It's about 18 to 24" in diameter - wish I would have had a tape measure with me!  These are big crystals. They are tan/beige in color and it appears they are crystal all the way thru. Wish I could have gotten a pic that indicated how much they glimmered in the sun. But, just wasn't able to pick that up. The second pic is a close up on the large one on the bottom. It's about double fist size.   You can't imagine how hard it was for me to put these back where I found them instead of in my truck! The small ones, of course! LOL! llana |
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Post by krazydiamond on Sept 18, 2004 10:09:45 GMT -5
those are some amazing shots, llana  !!!! you actually had the strength of will to put the rocks back??? i would be weak, KD |
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llanago
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by llanago on Sept 18, 2004 10:39:16 GMT -5
Well, it wasn't easy, I gotta tell ya'! If I would have found them out in a field or on the side of the road, they would have gone into the back of my truck, but since they belonged to somebody else, I had to put them back! The folks are very strict about trespassers on the ranch. It's county road, but ya' don't dare get off the road and go exploring without permission. The ranch manager and I get along real well and I figure after I have worked out there a while longer and it gets cooler, I will ask him if I can do some hiking, picture taking and rockhounding. It is an absolutely beautiful place. It even has trees that grow out of the rocks!  LOL! llana |
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Post by connrock on Sept 18, 2004 11:24:18 GMT -5
GEEEEZZZZ Llana,,,,,, I don't know weather to say Thank You or not!!! You're making me drooooollllllllll !! Do ya think if I come and help you we can take a few "test pieces"  Just for reasearch purposes,,,,of course!!! LOL If you agree,,,,, I'll start building a tumbler big enough to do that geode justice !! Or maybe a saw to cut it!! Awwww Heck,,,, Thanks,,, Drooling Tom  |
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JKowalski33
spending too much on rocks
Member since August 2004
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Post by JKowalski33 on Sept 18, 2004 11:42:32 GMT -5
Yeah i really want to see what that geode looks like inside! It would be amazing!
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deepsouth
fully equipped rock polisher
He who rocks last rocks best
Member since January 2004
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Post by deepsouth on Sept 18, 2004 18:25:09 GMT -5
Thanks Llana for these cool rock pictures. That is sure a nice ranch to visit repeatedly , just to drool over them big boulders. Knowing that you can't take them away is agony . So visiting is not a bad compromise.
My friend Charly Powell has managed to get some big pieces of petrified log to his house in town, with the help of a digger etc. They came from a sheepfarm where the farmer filled in a gully and were discovered during the earthworks. If only I could .....hmmmmm
Jack
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Post by Cher on Sept 18, 2004 18:50:54 GMT -5
WoW Llana, those are so cool! I would have been hard pressed to not be begging for a morcel or two. Awesome pics too, I so sympathize with you with those batteries dying. Git 'em charged and take it with you again. What kind of ranch is it and what do you do? (Besides drool over the rocks and stuff?) ;D [glow=red,2,300] ~ Cher ~[/glow] ![]() pages.prodigy.net/bestsmileys1/signs/RockOn.gif [/img] |
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Post by cookie3rocks on Sept 18, 2004 21:47:49 GMT -5
YUMMY Just incredible. UM! Cookie |
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Sept 18, 2004 22:55:00 GMT -5
Now that's my kind of ranch!
I would have to do some serious bribing to the ranch boss ;D
Thanks for the photo's.
John
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MoonStone
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since August 2004
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Post by MoonStone on Sept 19, 2004 2:20:14 GMT -5
Wow soo big and nice! Good wishes for you to return there and be able to get some to take home!  |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Sept 19, 2004 11:11:35 GMT -5
hmmmmmmmmmmm looks like christmas bonuses to me llana.
kim
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Post by creativeminded on Sept 20, 2004 9:03:27 GMT -5
Those are some nice photos thanks for sharing them.
Tami
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