Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,504
|
Post by Sabre52 on Dec 14, 2005 16:55:27 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by joe on Dec 14, 2005 17:20:42 GMT -5
Wow Mel, this is intimidating. Where will I ever find pics of rocks that colorful to post?  They are as always beautiful. Thanx for posting 'em. joe |
|
rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since July 2009
Posts: 236
|
Post by rollingstone on Dec 14, 2005 17:28:31 GMT -5
Would I rather have those great jaspers or the coins used for scale?... can't decide... guess I'll just have to take them all then! ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by Alice on Dec 14, 2005 17:50:14 GMT -5
Nice!
I have a feeling I'll be coming home with a trunk full of rocks when we take our road trip this summer
|
|
rainey
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Member since November 2005
Posts: 88 
|
Post by rainey on Dec 14, 2005 17:50:25 GMT -5
Wow that is so cool!
|
|
|
|
Post by LCARS on Dec 14, 2005 18:34:56 GMT -5
That's great looking stuff!!  What's the "plan" for those babies? |
|
SteveHolmes
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since July 2009
Posts: 1,900
|
Post by SteveHolmes on Dec 14, 2005 18:38:40 GMT -5
Mel,
That stuff is STUNNING!! You have some great material there....drool, slobber, drenched, dripping wet!
Steve
|
|
Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,504
|
Post by Sabre52 on Dec 14, 2005 18:54:21 GMT -5
LCARS: Plan? Like I ever have a plan. I just like to hunt for pretty rocks. Actually, all those boulders are too big for my 20" saw so if I ever use them, I guess I'll have to grit my teeth and take a hammer to them to break them up to sawing sizes. MY wife hates that so she'll probably claim them for her rock garden. Luckily I have lots of small hunks to cab or tumble so I can let her get away with that without me kicking and screaming *L*....mel
|
|
Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,504
|
Post by Sabre52 on Dec 14, 2005 18:59:48 GMT -5
Alice: If you visit Parkfield, Calif. ( the earthquake capital of the state) ask at the only restaurant in town ( great ribs there and the decor is branding irons and chains which all jingle during a quake!) about the JV Ranch owned by the Varin Family. They allow camping and trespass on their land for a fee and the creek that flows through it is lousy with good jasper, fossils, gem serpentine etc. esp in the spring or early summer after the rains. Great scenery and wildlife too. I love to visit there and rockhunt. mel
|
|
|
|
Post by gaetzchamp on Dec 14, 2005 19:14:45 GMT -5
Sabre-
You've really been showing off some great, colorful stuff.
Gaetz
|
|
|
|
Post by Cher on Dec 14, 2005 19:16:59 GMT -5
WoW!! That stuff is just beautiful!!
|
|
|
|
Post by sandsman1 on Dec 14, 2005 19:18:09 GMT -5
hey mel you got three beautiful stones there man,, do you have alot of each or just that ---i have some of that stone canyon but those other two are fantastic
|
|
|
|
Post by rockyraccoon on Dec 14, 2005 19:43:57 GMT -5
mel i'd like to just dig through your stuff. well not just dig lol.
kim
|
|
|
|
Post by parfive on Dec 15, 2005 1:04:33 GMT -5
Mel - That Cambria is outrageous looking stuff.
If you don't mind a hint/nudge/suggestion . . .
When it's a rock type you've worked with, show a second pic alongside with the specimen after it's been cabbed or tumbled or just plain sawcut.
Rich
|
|
Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,504
|
Post by Sabre52 on Dec 15, 2005 2:07:38 GMT -5
Sandsman: In answer to your question: The Stone Canyon is still pretty common and I've got some cabbing sized material to work but most is in large boulders. There is a private ranch that has fee access for this material. The Big Sandy material is all mainly in large boulders and the rancher sold the place so I have no more access which really sucks as every spring it was a whole new hunt and there was lots of river worn boulders up to sizes my buddy and I couldn't even carry up to the road. The Cambria is very rare but in very solid hunks. Have only found three or four boulders. We just just started collecting a couple of years ago and only have access to the hunting area once per year. Neat place to hunt though as the water worn boulders are actually on hilltops that were old beaches when the Pacific Ocean was a lot higher. Really kewl to be walking ocean beaches 20 miles inland and a few hundred feet above sea level!....Mel
|
|
rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since July 2009
Posts: 236
|
Post by rollingstone on Dec 15, 2005 3:37:20 GMT -5
Interesting that you say the stone canyon jasper is still common. I see a lot of it for sale on ebay, and they often claim that "it was collected from a site that is now closed to the public so no more is available" or something along those lines. Very nice looking material though, no doubt about that.
|
|
|
|
Post by creativeminded on Dec 15, 2005 10:28:50 GMT -5
Very pretty, that is going to be beautiful polished up.
Tami
|
|
Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,504
|
Post by Sabre52 on Dec 15, 2005 10:58:19 GMT -5
rollingstone: Actually, what the rock sellers say is only partly true. The huge ranch that the original Stone Canyon quarry lies on is usually closed to the public. However, sometimes the ranch is opened for fieldtrips ( I went on the Calif. Federation trip a few years ago). The jasper also outcrops in almost every canyon in the area and over the eons has been carried by runoff into almost every local stream in the region. All you have to know is which streams and which ranchers to talk to for entry permission. Both my buddy and I worked for many years in the agricultural field ( my buddy's family actually ranched in the area)and as a result, we know and get along with many farmers and ranchers. Access is usually not too difficult to obtain as long as you are polite, respect local property rights by asking for permission, and cause no property damage...mel
|
|
|
|
Post by nepherite on Dec 16, 2005 2:02:58 GMT -5
sabre,
I know that area well, I sometimes pass through there on my way to the jade hunting areas. Do you ever go thru willow creek ? I hear there are good hunting areas there too, its only passable in the summer though. nice stones you found !
Tony
|
|
Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,504
|
Post by Sabre52 on Dec 16, 2005 2:33:01 GMT -5
Howdy Tony, I've heard the name Willow Creek or maybe it was Jacolitos Creek ( afraid I'm old enough for the onset of CRS *L*)over toward Coalinga? ( think I have some red brecciated stuff from there called Squires Ranch Jasper) but if I've ever been there it was when I was a kid and hunted fossils in the area. I think the one we hunt is called Little Cholome Creek. Also have some Hog canyon stuff I got long ago. Forget what the name of the creek there is. Only other one I've hunted is the Big Sandy by the military base back of San Miguel on the west side of the hills. Seems like every creek in the area has something though....mel
|
|
They are as always beautiful. Thanx for posting 'em.
