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Post by Son Of Beach on Mar 17, 2022 15:35:21 GMT -5
Guess I'll kick this off, see if it gains any traction. Hell, I'll probably keep using it for my quick posts anyhow. Show us your little glimpse of heaven on earth that you found, I guarantee someone else is gonna dig it and brighten their day  Here is one of my favorite parking lot finds.
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herb
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Post by herb on Mar 18, 2022 15:14:44 GMT -5
This might not quite fit into the spirit of this thread, but here is my Find of the Day! I have a bunch of 5 gallon plastic buckets of rocks stored in the basement. The other day, I noticed a bad smell coming from the general area of the buckets. Investigating, I found the mostly decomposed remains of a mouse or similar creature. Without getting too graphic, I took the bucket outside to try cleaning the mousey goodness that had oozed over the rocks in the bucket. As I finished up washing everything off, I caught a flash of color in the sunlight. I enjoyed a very brief moment of excitement as the first thought that came into my mind was "opal" before realizing it was just a tiny piece of goldstone :-(  Green Gold Stone by Shiny Objects, on Flickr  Green Gold Stone by Shiny Objects, on Flickr I also found this heel cut. Finding it didn't get me as excited as the "opal" but my happiness at finding it is lasting much longer. It is about 4 inches wide and there is just enough to get 1 slab from it. For the life of me I can't remember what this is called though. Royal something perhaps?  IMG_7941 by Shiny Objects, on Flickr |
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oldschoolrocker
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Post by oldschoolrocker on Mar 18, 2022 15:44:21 GMT -5
Found this in river gravel. Kinda hard to see but there are a bunch of sticker burr looking things in all sorts of colors. Some of which look almost metallic colored.  |
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Post by Son Of Beach on Mar 18, 2022 15:45:03 GMT -5
This might not quite fit into the spirit of this thread, but here is my Find of the Day! I have a bunch of 5 gallon plastic buckets of rocks stored in the basement. The other day, I noticed a bad smell coming from the general area of the buckets. Investigating, I found the mostly decomposed remains of a mouse or similar creature. Without getting too graphic, I took the bucket outside to try cleaning the mousey goodness that had oozed over the rocks in the bucket. As I finished up washing everything off, I caught a flash of color in the sunlight. I enjoyed a very brief moment of excitement as the first thought that came into my mind was "opal" before realizing it was just a tiny piece of goldstone :-( Green Gold Stone by Shiny Objects, on Flickr Green Gold Stone by Shiny Objects, on Flickr I also found this heel cut. Finding it didn't get me as excited as the "opal" but my happiness at finding it is lasting much longer. It is about 4 inches wide and there is just enough to get 1 slab from it. For the life of me I can't remember what this is called though. Royal something perhaps? IMG_7941 by Shiny Objects, on Flickr I feel like cleaning mousey ooze pretty much covers everything 
I only found out awhile back that goldstone had variety and was manmade, really like that variety you have there.
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Post by fernwood on Mar 19, 2022 5:12:22 GMT -5
The snow piles are melting. Yesterday while coming back from AM chores, saw this next to a small snow pile. My plower, got a new set up this year and plowed up some of the the driveway between the barn and house. That’s OK, because there was grass beginning to grow there. The new set-up allows for snow to be plowed much closer to the ground. I have found similar rocks in my yard and fields. I need to give this a good scrub, but sharing now. The rock is fairly large, say about 5” by 3”. I put a quarter for size reference.      |
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 19, 2022 8:19:36 GMT -5
This might not quite fit into the spirit of this thread, but here is my Find of the Day! I have a bunch of 5 gallon plastic buckets of rocks stored in the basement. The other day, I noticed a bad smell coming from the general area of the buckets. Investigating, I found the mostly decomposed remains of a mouse or similar creature. Without getting too graphic, I took the bucket outside to try cleaning the mousey goodness that had oozed over the rocks in the bucket. As I finished up washing everything off, I caught a flash of color in the sunlight. I enjoyed a very brief moment of excitement as the first thought that came into my mind was "opal" before realizing it was just a tiny piece of goldstone :-( Green Gold Stone by Shiny Objects, on Flickr Green Gold Stone by Shiny Objects, on Flickr I also found this heel cut. Finding it didn't get me as excited as the "opal" but my happiness at finding it is lasting much longer. It is about 4 inches wide and there is just enough to get 1 slab from it. For the life of me I can't remember what this is called though. Royal something perhaps? IMG_7941 by Shiny Objects, on Flickr
I think that bottom purple one is Royal Aztec Lace. Nice "find".  |
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Post by Son Of Beach on Mar 19, 2022 8:20:45 GMT -5
fernwood I assume that's an agate of sorts? I mean there has to be something going on in there, right?
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Post by fernwood on Mar 19, 2022 8:30:16 GMT -5
fernwood I assume that's an agate of sorts? I mean there has to be something going on in there, right? What it is for sure has been debated for over 5 years. I have over 100 of them. |
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Post by brybry on Mar 19, 2022 13:20:44 GMT -5
Finally got around to cutting into some local brecciated I found 9 miles up the road. Almost reminds me of chappinite.   |
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stuckinohio
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Post by stuckinohio on Mar 19, 2022 22:12:54 GMT -5
Son Of Beach what is the ID on the find you shared at the start of this thread? I found something similar on the UP side of Lake Superior and it’s my favorite find of all time.
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Mar 20, 2022 0:13:13 GMT -5
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Post by Son Of Beach on Mar 20, 2022 7:25:38 GMT -5
realrockhound That first one is so unique in the colors and pattern stuckinohio I have no idea. I didn't post it to the ID section as I figured it would be to obscure to identify. Mine has a brown crust on the backside. I threw it in the tumbler yesterday, hopefully it will hold up.
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quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Mar 20, 2022 13:10:18 GMT -5
Found yesterday at my local resale guy. Somehow I missed this when I bought the collection of rough and slabs. Looks like lapis to me and is very deep blue:  |
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Post by perkins17 on Mar 20, 2022 13:52:32 GMT -5
Found yesterday at my local resale guy. Somehow I missed this when I bought the collection of rough and slabs. Looks like lapis to me and is very deep blue: That looks really neat, sort of like blue adventurine. Are you gonna cut it up or tumble it? I see some of your goodies from the lot made the background too . |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 20, 2022 13:57:46 GMT -5
Personally, I'd lean more toward Dumortierite.
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Post by Son Of Beach on Mar 20, 2022 14:26:39 GMT -5
Found this little peach gummy flavored agate. 👊  |
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quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Mar 20, 2022 17:06:43 GMT -5
Found yesterday at my local resale guy. Somehow I missed this when I bought the collection of rough and slabs. Looks like lapis to me and is very deep blue: That looks really neat, sort of like blue adventurine. Are you gonna cut it up or tumble it? I see some of your goodies from the lot made the background too . Lol good eye. Yep when I grabbed the lapis(?) I grabbed a few more slabs and another Bruneau nodule that slipped thru the cracks and were also missed on the initial purchase. I feel like the blue stone is beyond tumbling and would be slabbing/cabbing material. I just have to work my way up to it; there are 3271 stones currently ahead of it! |
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quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Mar 20, 2022 17:08:16 GMT -5
I found a carton of "Peaches & Cream" at the grocery store  Nice! Picked up some Tillamook Vanilla Bean myself today! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 20, 2022 19:16:04 GMT -5
I found a carton of "Peaches & Cream" at the grocery store One of my favorite Tillamook flavors to top on a triple chocolate Ghirardelli brownie!  |
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Post by Pat on Mar 20, 2022 21:58:27 GMT -5
Did you find my earrings?
I lost them about 2-3 years ago.
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