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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 27, 2014 21:09:42 GMT -5
Nicely done, James! The accolades came out great too.
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 27, 2014 21:08:25 GMT -5
Those came out beautifully!
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 27, 2014 20:18:50 GMT -5
We went out to the Vista show earlier in the month. Great show, beautiful weather, and a great time seeing folks from the RTH Forum. Here's a few additional photos to add to what Jean and Christopher posted. I setup a different thread for the finds. Nathaniel and Andrew at one of the booths: Christopher and my Boyz: Jean: Nathaniel helping himself to the free slabs at Christopher’s table. Grandma, Andrew, Nathaniel and Barbara … pretty much done … Daddy was still trolling the booths: Andrew’s commentary on the cuisine. I’ve had rabbit. I thought it was pretty good. Thanks for checking out the thread. Paul
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 27, 2014 10:05:15 GMT -5
Thanks gang ... Yeah, the benitoite/neptunite specimen was packed away. When we moved five years ago, a lot just stayed in boxes. Barbara and I were talking about the hobby and she reminded me that I needed to find that piece. The boys picked the locations this time - both wanted to go to Yermo (easy picking's plus all the armored equipment that the Marines use is nearby) and none of us have had a chance to go up to Mule Canyon so it was something new for all of us. The old electrical panel was actually shorting out and causing some serious problems. Can't wait to get the new one finished. From a strictly "guy" perspective, it looks great, LOL, and having dedicated lines running into the garage for the hobby will be nice. I had make sure that the washer/dryer and the existing tumblers in the garage were off before firing up the saws and stuff. Paul
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 27, 2014 0:54:38 GMT -5
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 27, 2014 0:51:14 GMT -5
...I grew up in a crappy little town (Hawaiian Gardens) ... That was funny, John. I know that area pretty well having worked for the City of Bellflower for four years. We'll have to meet up with Vugs and head out. I keep forgetting you're up in Newberry Springs - we would have called on our way out to Mule Canyon a few weeks back. Vugs ... let's meet up! Paul
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 26, 2014 23:33:29 GMT -5
Hey folks: We finally had a chance to do some rockhounding and hit up one of the shows (Vista, CA). About three weeks ago, I took my boys up to Yermo, CA to do some rockhounding, then to Calico for lunch, and a short stint up to Mule Canyon for more rockhounding. Along the way, we stopped and took some pics of the M1's, M2's and M109's that the Marines were storing over at the Yermo staging area. Unfortunately, my SD card in my camera decided to corrupt and all those pics were lost. I have a few that I took tonight of some of the stuff ... somewhat interesting. We came away with two buckets of agates/jasper and some specimen pieces of gypsum and some odds and ends that need to be windowed. Thought I'd share: Gypsum crystals. Andrew and Nathaniel found a hill covered with these flat crystals. My photos skills are pretty poor, sorry... Some items that Andrew and Nathaniel found. This one needs to be cut, the agate isn't showing well in the photo and I "suspect" that this may be a bit like a thunder egg. Down at the Vista show, we ran into Jean, Fish, and Christopher and picked up a bunch of stuff. I bought a bunch of fire agates from Christopher that need to be cleaned up for proper photos. Agatized wood: Iron Jasper (red streaks are supposedly iron ... it is really heavy): Agate I purchased from Fish: Andrew met an elderly couple who were "retired" rockhounds. They took a shine to him and gave him this interesting piece. It's got pyrite in some sort of matrix. It's really heavy. Azurite and Malachite in Granite (from Pakistan): Nathaniel picked up some small slabs and stuff from Christopher. It was a fun show and it was great to see RTH folks! This weekend (yes, this thread is sort of wandering), Barbara wanted me to find a specimen piece we purchased years ago at the California State Gem and Mineral Museum up in Mariposa. After some digging around, I found it and figured on posting it, along with some other odds and ends that have been boxed for a bit: Benitoite and Neptunite in matrix: Paul Bunyan Agate: Pyrite Flower (I think my Dad got this for me some years back): Petrified Wood from AZ (2nd or 3rd Anniversary Vacation pre-kids): Nathaniel and I spent an afternoon at Nevada Mineral and Book up in Tustin, CA, digging around, looking for stuff. Walt Lombardo is a great guy and always has interesting items in his collection. Great fun talking with him as well as he does his own collecting. Uvite on Quartz: Mimetite: Cerussite on Barite: Smithsonite: FINALLY (thank goodness, you all say ... isn't this guy done yet???) I spent some of my tax return to pickup some new rollers for my tumblers (all have been down since Sept of last year) and figured ... why not ... so I finally bought it and an extra bowl: I waiting to get it up and running as I've got an electrician swapping out my old panel for a new 200 amp panel and running two dedicated 20 amp circuits into my garage for the lapidary equipment. Woo hooo! Anyway, thanks for hanging in there! Paul
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 26, 2014 23:05:12 GMT -5
Awesome find. Congrats! Paul @ Bill - go to Nevada Mineral and Book up in Tustin. I pickup my geodes from Walt (the proprietor). Good prices - competitive. If you don't have a saw, swing by. We cab have a Coke and power up mine and do some cutting. The cost of using my saws is the pleasure of your company and some sodas.
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 26, 2014 23:02:55 GMT -5
Those are beautiful pieces. Congrats on the score. Paul.
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 26, 2014 23:01:50 GMT -5
OUTSTANDING Finds! Wooo hoo! Thanks for sharing the photos. Those are beautiful pieces. Paul
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 15, 2014 23:23:55 GMT -5
I picked up some of this last year. Nice looking material and it looks like you got a great piece to slab. I started thinking "kitchen counter"...but my wife said NO (we've already got a nice black granite counter top )
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 14, 2014 19:51:56 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the photos, Jean! Talk about a beautiful day.
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 14, 2014 19:45:02 GMT -5
Looks like a great trip, Susan. I'm soooo jealous! LOL! Photos and slabs came out beautifully!
Paul
[edit] just showed Barbara where this was... trying to convince my family that we should take a drive up the state and spend a weekend there.
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 13, 2014 10:02:24 GMT -5
Hey Mark, welcome aboard and good to meet you! Love the "inventory" photos. :-)
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 13, 2014 10:00:09 GMT -5
Welcome! Glad to meet you!
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 13, 2014 9:59:37 GMT -5
Good to meet you and welcome!
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 13, 2014 9:59:10 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum!
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 13, 2014 9:52:08 GMT -5
GREAT seeing everyone yesterday! Will post photos shortly as well.
Jean, Fish, Christopher - It was awesome spending some time with you all. Beautiful day to get together with friends and rocks.
Paul
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 12, 2014 11:15:00 GMT -5
Great pics, Buddy!
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 8, 2014 21:54:30 GMT -5
Looking forward to seeing these once they're cut. Exciting stuff, Tommy ... Would love to get up there sometime.
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