cuervo73
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by cuervo73 on Jul 31, 2005 20:58:56 GMT -5
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Post by Cher on Jul 31, 2005 21:24:05 GMT -5
You mean the white rock laying all over the ground is Fire Agate?
WOW! Those are some really nice pics, what awesome countryside.
Cher
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Post by cookie3rocks on Jul 31, 2005 21:41:01 GMT -5
You have died and gone to agate heaven! Pinch yourself, quick.
Wow.
cookie
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WyckedWyre
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Post by WyckedWyre on Jul 31, 2005 22:28:52 GMT -5
I went down to Round Mountain twice in early, early Spring, (too dang hot now) - collected a 5 gallon bucket of chalcedony, a few nice dark brown fire agates, and some cool white and clear banded agate, too. I lucked out being one of the first people down there after all the rainstorms in late Winter....found one piece of dark brown fire agate w/ blue chalcedony that weighs about a pound! Quite the find...I had a blast. I tumbled some of the rock to see what would happen - after about 2 months in coarse, I got tired of it and threw it into the redo pile, will finish it someday *smile* when I can afford 50 lbs of 60/90 from The Rock Shed. It sure looks cool when tumbled.  Susan |
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cuervo73
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by cuervo73 on Aug 1, 2005 0:36:43 GMT -5
Cher, yes, the white rock is fire agates. They are literally everywhere in this desert! Just laying where nature dropped them out of their little pockets/vessicles in the lava where they were formed over thousands, millions of years. Never been washed nor tumbled by a river or lake's waves, so they are all knobby, ridged and totally natural. The fire name comes from certain minerals evaporite which formed layers in some of them. This fire is identified as an opalescent coloring which irridesces red, blue, green, purple, or orange, when exposed by cutting, polishing away skin or other opaque layers. The dark fire layers also have a botryoidal crystalline shape, which creates the flashes of the colors as the specimen is turned, rotated about in strong light.
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Aug 1, 2005 2:49:54 GMT -5
HAve you ever thought about going out there at night...with a UV Light? I'll bet the stuff fluoresces and it would be cooler and you'd probably have just as much luck. BTW, Scorpions and rattlers will glow as well. It does look like there's plenty of material lying around.....looks very FUN! Nice Findings.
Steve
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Susan
