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Post by puppie96 on Jun 11, 2005 3:23:45 GMT -5
We tried a different area on Memorial Day. Still well within 2 hours from home. This site produced a lot of stuff that wasn't the usual MO lace agate and jasper. The group picture, I'm sorry, I'm just not great with the camera yet and it's blurry. I took close ups of the smaller group for obvious reasons -- I couldn't believe these colors! So what do you guys think I've got here? I thought maybe fluorite? The bright colored stuff seems soft. I've got a bunch of it in the vibe and it smoothes out quickly. In fact I have been taking out the green and purple glassy ones after little time because they smooth out so fast.    Thanks for looking! |
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Post by Cher on Jun 11, 2005 8:45:29 GMT -5
Hey Puppie, take some pics of the ones you've already taken out of the vibe too. There's some great colors there, are some of those purple? Someo f them look almost amethyst purple to me in the pics. (could be monitor difference too)
Cher
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Post by puppie96 on Jun 11, 2005 19:20:40 GMT -5
Cher, I was really excited, I looked down and saw purple and picked up a few of what looked to be beautiful amethyst crystals. I thought that for a while, then found some green rocks with purple inclusions. A bunch of the rocks have a crust on the outside that consists of the green stuff. I don't know whether it will all grind away, it is worrysome. Also patches of purple stuck on the green. Good idea about trying some pictures. I've busted up a lot of the larger pieces, and it is pretty amazing stuff. Green and glassy have definitely not been part of our SE MO rockhunts before.
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Post by Cher on Jun 11, 2005 19:53:12 GMT -5
Man I'd be wanting to spend a couple of days there just digging for that purple stuff. I can't wait to see what they look like ... I'm so jealous. *smile* I've told my daughter we need to take a trip to visit puppie and she's like "HUH?" LOL ;D She's got in-laws in MO somewhere but I'm not sure where.
Cher
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Post by rockyraccoon on Jun 11, 2005 22:48:44 GMT -5
any ideas what it is? neat looking rocks puppies.
kim
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Post by puppie96 on Jun 11, 2005 22:58:12 GMT -5
I'm thinking fluorite, since this is among the many minerals listed at this site, which is a NFS campground/park which was a working silver mine many years ago. I was looking in a big tailings pile. But, I haven't seen fluorite described as forming a crust on other rocks, which is the case often, here. Yeah, come on down and rockhound, we have a lot of stuff!
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Jun 13, 2005 12:11:44 GMT -5
Fluorite YES It can form a Crust- but usually will weather quickly.
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Post by puppie96 on Jun 13, 2005 12:16:56 GMT -5
I'm scared that it will get ground away. We'll see!
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