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Post by crazysanman on Dec 3, 2017 13:27:15 GMT -5
Hello all, I recently went on a several day rockhounding camping trip in the Yellowcat Flat area of Utah, northeast of Moab. I was mainly looking for agate. I thought I could identify it, but I can't find pictures of material similar to what I collected in Google image searches so I may have targeted the wrong stuff. I've got pictures of different specimens to post. I'm going to put each type in a different post to make it easier to comment on. Thanks in advance! First, here are two pictures of some of the material as I found it on the desert floor.
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 3, 2017 13:29:23 GMT -5
Is this stuff agate? I found it ranging from almost clear to milky white, gray, blue, and red.
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 3, 2017 13:31:28 GMT -5
This stuff was opaque, ranging from red to orange to brown to black. Is this agate or jasper, or something else entirely?
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 3, 2017 13:33:17 GMT -5
I found this jutting out of the ground in a few spots. It's delicate and reminds me of mica, but it's definitely not the mica I used to find on the east coast.
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 3, 2017 13:35:39 GMT -5
I tried my hand at finding fossils across 191 from the entrance to Arches National Park and didn't have any luck, but I found these in the parking area at the base of the red sand hill. The white runs through the rock, not just on the surface.
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 3, 2017 13:36:24 GMT -5
Agate?
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 3, 2017 13:37:10 GMT -5
Is this petrified wood?
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 3, 2017 13:38:15 GMT -5
I don't know what the white mineral is in these, or anything else for that matter.
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 3, 2017 13:41:15 GMT -5
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 3, 2017 13:42:39 GMT -5
Another unknown to me, seen from two different sides.
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 3, 2017 13:43:54 GMT -5
Last one. Calcite?
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