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AzRockGeek has rocks in the head Member since September 2016 Posts: 703	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 11, 2021 14:33:45 GMT -5 adrian65, RWA3006, and 10 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AzRockGeek on Dec 11, 2021 14:33:45 GMT -5 My buddy just dropped off to slab them up.
	That is some nice Gneiss Schist!

gemfeller Cave Dweller Member since June 2011 Posts: 4,059	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 11, 2021 15:05:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gemfeller on Dec 11, 2021 15:05:27 GMT -5 Beautiful! I'm jealous.

AzRockGeek has rocks in the head Member since September 2016 Posts: 703	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 11, 2021 15:11:22 GMT -5 rockpickerforever, fernwood, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AzRockGeek on Dec 11, 2021 15:11:22 GMT -5 One of the first slabs.
	That is some nice Gneiss Schist!

Tommy Administrator Member since January 2013 Posts: 12,989	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 11, 2021 15:20:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tommy on Dec 11, 2021 15:20:33 GMT -5 OH yum!
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perkins17 driving up their electric bill Member since July 2021 Posts: 2,337	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 11, 2021 15:21:08 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by perkins17 on Dec 11, 2021 15:21:08 GMT -5 Beautiful!!! That is awesome. I wish they made food that pretty.

MsAli misunderstood rock expert Member since October 2017 Posts: 11,455	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 11, 2021 16:37:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MsAli on Dec 11, 2021 16:37:20 GMT -5 Holy Cannolli
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toiv0 has started giving rock gifts Member since November 2014 Posts: 3,306	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 11, 2021 16:53:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by toiv0 on Dec 11, 2021 16:53:47 GMT -5 Super nice

fernwood misunderstood rock expert Member since May 2016 Posts: 11,965	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 7:11:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fernwood on Dec 12, 2021 7:11:50 GMT -5 Exceptional material.
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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,990	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 7:25:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Dec 12, 2021 7:25:55 GMT -5 drooling

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Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 9:54:09 GMT -5

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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 12, 2021 9:54:09 GMT -5

Oh my word!

Robin

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

-- C.S. Lewis

Rockoonz misunderstood rock expert Member since August 2009 Posts: 11,472	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 10:08:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rockoonz on Dec 12, 2021 10:08:22 GMT -5 Oh, that color! Looks like maybe some of the matrix material is even silicified? Collected or purchased?
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Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 10:33:32 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones likes this

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Dec 12, 2021 10:08:22 GMT -5 Rockoonz said:

Oh, that color! Looks like maybe some of the matrix material is even silicified?
Collected or purchased?

My Buddy Rodney recently mined it, I am slabbing it up for him to take to the PowWow. He brought over three large boulders, so lots of cutting ahead of me. (thumbs-up)

That is some nice Gneiss Schist!

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Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 10:51:11 GMT -5

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Dec 12, 2021 10:33:32 GMT -5 AzRockGeek said:

Dec 12, 2021 10:08:22 GMT -5 Rockoonz said:

Oh, that color! Looks like maybe some of the matrix material is even silicified?
Collected or purchased?

My Buddy Rodney recently mined it, I am slabbing it up for him to take to the PowWow. He brought over three large boulders, so lots of cutting ahead of me. (thumbs-up)

I will want more info about this PowWow thing, plan to hopefully be there on set-up day for anyone who needs help, and for during the show. Considering if I will want to set up at Q at all in the future, so will exchange somewhat skilled labor for education and maybe a rock or two.

“You preachers of equality, the tyrannomania of impotence clamors thus out of you for equality: your most secret ambitions to be tyrants thus shroud themselves in words of virtue. Aggrieved conceit, repressed envy—perhaps the conceit and envy of your fathers—erupt from you as a flame and as the frenzy of revenge.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche

AzRockGeek has rocks in the head Member since September 2016 Posts: 703	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 10:51:25 GMT -5 drocknut, RickB, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AzRockGeek on Dec 12, 2021 10:51:25 GMT -5 Here is a cool druzy pocket with some native copper.
	That is some nice Gneiss Schist!

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Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 12:31:23 GMT -5 AzRockGeek likes this

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Dec 12, 2021 10:51:11 GMT -5 Rockoonz said:

Dec 12, 2021 10:33:32 GMT -5 AzRockGeek said:

My Buddy Rodney recently mined it, I am slabbing it up for him to take to the PowWow. He brought over three large boulders, so lots of cutting ahead of me. (thumbs-up)

I will want more info about this PowWow thing, plan to hopefully be there on set-up day for anyone who needs help, and for during the show. Considering if I will want to set up at Q at all in the future, so will exchange somewhat skilled labor for education and maybe a rock or two.

I am a vendor at PowWow. If you want any information (or anyone else for that matter) just ask. It starts on January 19 this year and is held at the QIA building and grounds in Quartzsite. I have help with my booth but I'm sure there will be some who wouldn't refuse help setting up. A lot of vendors start setting up on the Monday before which would be the 17th this year but there are others who wait until the last minute. My booth numbers are 366 and 367.

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AzRockGeek has rocks in the head Member since September 2016 Posts: 703	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 17:58:27 GMT -5 RickB, hummingbirdstones, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AzRockGeek on Dec 12, 2021 17:58:27 GMT -5 A few highlights from todays cuts.
	That is some nice Gneiss Schist!

Son Of Beach driving up their electric bill Not Dead Member since September 2021 Posts: 2,736	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 18:29:36 GMT -5 AzRockGeek likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 12, 2021 18:29:36 GMT -5 Those pictures almost defy logic...it's beautiful.
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Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 19:42:45 GMT -5

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Dec 12, 2021 17:58:27 GMT -5 AzRockGeek said:

A few highlights from todays cuts.

You're killing me! (drooling)

Robin

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

-- C.S. Lewis

AzRockGeek has rocks in the head Member since September 2016 Posts: 703	Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 19:52:06 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AzRockGeek on Dec 12, 2021 19:52:06 GMT -5 Haha. Killing me as well since it is not mine. I was just looking at the insane prices of silica on Etsy.
	That is some nice Gneiss Schist!

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Nv Gem Silica Yummy. Dec 12, 2021 21:40:44 GMT -5

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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 12, 2021 21:40:44 GMT -5

These are simply off the charts amazing!

I'd have a hard time cutting these...not because my saw isn't big enough (which it isn't LOL), but because I would have a hard time giving these back! Possession is 9/10 of the law, right??

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