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Post by indyme2 on Oct 29, 2006 11:00:25 GMT -5
John: The teeth we found are about 1.0-1.5 million years old. Thanks for taking me to your wading pool. After you left, I found three nice horse molars, one horse incisor and a broken point, all in your hole! You must have not been using your magic rake or were too busy looking at the bikinis floating bye. The nice gold colored horse tooth in Rick's report is one I found wading Sunday. There is no defined number of years for something to fossilize. Many different processes can take a specimen to "fossil". I read somewhere that "mineralization" under some conditions can occur in about one thousand years. The age of your fossil finds are generally well documented now, based on where or what layer of material you find them in. Anyway, your tooth is old and just proves that one doesn't have to scuba dive to find great fossils in Florida. I am ready to go again!!!
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Post by jewelonly on Oct 29, 2006 11:04:47 GMT -5
I am ready to go too!!!
Leah
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Post by colorado on Jan 4, 2007 21:41:00 GMT -5
My wife found this at the Ray 1st time about a year ago. I finally got my wife to go and see the places I had been and been taking our children. Sure enough she sees about a 12lb rock with just a glent of blue and I chipped it down. Better than any thing I have found. It is also sweetly 6-sided.
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Post by freeform on Jan 18, 2007 15:46:06 GMT -5
Well, I have two, and the first one actually would encompasses the occurrence in general. But this one is my latest find. which was collected as float and not dug. AZ Diamond, found near the East Verde River. second is a Double Orb Blue Mountain Jasper Nodule. I picked up in rough from the miners one year at Quartzsite. Only one orb showed in the rough. the second revealed itself after the first slice.
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Post by damammy on Jan 20, 2007 17:23:29 GMT -5
That Jasper is just beautiful!!!! Donna
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Post by albertarockhound on Jan 20, 2007 23:16:08 GMT -5
these 2 peices are my favorites from my collection the first is arsenopyrite with quartz... [img src="[/img] www.varockhounder.com/uploads/2007012020136060.jpg"] the second is a smoky quartz cluster with nice points on matrix let me know what you think..dennis
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Post by crystaldigger on Jan 31, 2007 12:48:13 GMT -5
dennis, one word - SWEET!!! ;D Particularly the smokies
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Post by albertarockhound on Jan 31, 2007 23:53:41 GMT -5
the arsenopyrite looks better in person the smoky quartz is great i agree...thanks dennis
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Post by lee on Feb 4, 2007 21:06:29 GMT -5
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Post by Tinpan on Apr 15, 2007 14:29:34 GMT -5
Since i pretty much only look for yellow rocks it's tough for me to participate, but, I do have one. Would you believe this four pound nugget with quartz was found in Virginia? Nah I didn't think so. It really only weighes 1.1 gram and for some reason gold and quartz gives my camera fits when trying to focus, but anyway, this is my best find so far. A nice Virginia Gold nugget. You can see where it has been rolling in the alluvial gravel which has rounded the quartz. Somewhere along the line most of the quartz broke away and bent the top of the nugget leaving the nice pristine 3D snowflake looking nugget. Tinpan PS I finally got some better pictures so i fixed my post
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Post by claycat on Apr 16, 2007 7:49:27 GMT -5
OMG I would give my eye teeth for that specimen. I won't mention what Ed would give.
I have found alot of gold but, I really, really would like to find a matrix specimen like that.
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Post by writerman2255 on Apr 29, 2007 6:15:34 GMT -5
I was bummed out I could not go to the Crabtree dig, but I only see my parents once every two years. So we were visiting my sister in TN., when her boyfriend said to me, 'hey, the guy across the street has some gemstones, and he said you could see them.' I hesitated, thinking, 'well, a couple of pieces of quartz, maybe.' But I said yes anyway. When we got there, he brought out a box of stuff that dropped my jaw! There were flourite pieces and orange calcite double terminated crystals softball sized that were museum quality. Apparently, he worked as a manager down in Elmwood for years, and they're opening the mine up again because zinc is now pricey. It's a 2500 foot shaft. He said he could still get me in there, and I'm working on it for the club! I will ask again, don't worry. Well, I admired this one piece that was incredible, and then when we were about to leave, he said 'here, take it.' I was so flabbergasted, it was embarrassing, but I held onto the rock! Here tis! Love and Light, Tom. The biggest flourite in the picture is an inch and an eighth across and deep too!
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Post by stevebarr on Apr 29, 2007 9:46:55 GMT -5
Tom - That specimen is wickedly awesome! Congratulations on a fine addition to your already great collection. That photo is sure to have many, many MAGMA members drooling....especially our good friend Leah. Don't be surprised to see her sneaking around your house with a flashlight sometime soon......if "Chunkfinder" doesn't get there first.
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Post by varockman on Apr 29, 2007 11:38:56 GMT -5
That is a great speciman and it will make a addition to your collection i agree with steve donald
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Post by writerman2255 on Apr 30, 2007 8:44:52 GMT -5
Thanks for you compliments on the specimen. I am working on seeing how to get us all into that mine, or at the least, access to the huge dump piles that have just got to exist there. You can't really see it, but that specimen is also covered with the most beautiful, gem quality, brownish red sphalerite, though in the photo it looks brown. But it's not! You can see clear through it like glass!
Love and Light, Tom.
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Post by pcktfullofokenite on Jul 17, 2007 15:49:11 GMT -5
This one is my favorite. An amethyst specimen from Mexico. It's not very big but to me it's about as perfect as you can get for amethyst. Enjoy.
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Post by 41dave on Jul 17, 2007 16:36:30 GMT -5
classic Vera Cruz amethyst...you're right too...it's perfect....shape color..sharpness...clarity..structure.
Nice piece.
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Post by tomleary on Jul 18, 2007 23:04:22 GMT -5
Lee, The greenish wedged shaped crystals you have from Va. rock quarry are almost certainly sphene (Titanite). I collected some with RGMS and it was sphene.
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Post by crystaldigger on Aug 23, 2007 15:41:48 GMT -5
Lee, I agree with tom at first glance. It is consistent with some that I have dug up from NY although mine is more of a golden brown color.
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Post by taogem on Sept 25, 2007 22:35:03 GMT -5
I am new to lapidary. Just got my basic equipment and have been playing with many different kinds of stone. I would like to share one of my more favorites. Indonesian Fossilized Coral. I noticed the thread about heat treating. I had thought about trying it with this rough, but after cutting into it and polishing, I was pleased with it as it is.
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Post by alextherockhound on Sept 29, 2007 12:09:02 GMT -5
My favorite specimen would be my vanadinite coating barite.It was giving to my dad by a costumer and he gave it to me.The vanadinite is a deep red and there is a green mineral I can not identify.I'll have to ask my mom for use of her camera to get a pic.
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Post by claycat on Oct 17, 2007 7:12:47 GMT -5
Don't blame you, it is just beautiful as it is!
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Post by saskrock on Jan 15, 2008 20:53:54 GMT -5
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Post by toryr on Jan 16, 2008 0:31:30 GMT -5
wow,
what a rock! nice find, i hope ill find one like that.
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Post by di66er on Jan 16, 2008 13:20:50 GMT -5
That specimen has a lot of sparkle nice! It must be pretty fun cracking them open weeeee!
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Post by damammy on Jan 24, 2008 22:10:44 GMT -5
The tall one is about 5 1/2 inches tall and is Goethite, and the one on the side is Hemimorphite I love these specimens I didn't collect them but bought them.
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Post by ncbbqnut on Feb 2, 2008 18:50:30 GMT -5
I am new to the Board so I wanted to share some old friends with you. I apologize for the photography, my camera does not take close-ups very well. I found this golden beryl specimen at the Hoppus Mine, Mitchell Co., NC in 1965. This greenish kyanite on white quartz was found near Spear, Avery Co., NC in the 1950s. I acquired it in 1962. A rare piece of lavender spodumene (Kunzite) found at the Calhoun Smith Mine, Mitchell Co., NC in the 1940s or 50s. I acquired it in 1963. A nice example of rhodochrosite from the Hamme Tungsten Mine, Vance Co. that was collected in the 1950s. I acquired it in 1963. Other than the Hamme Mine, specimens from the other localities are not too well represented in collections.
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Post by sapphiregirl on Feb 10, 2008 18:02:58 GMT -5
They are all nice specimens and now I
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Post by dr00bie on Feb 12, 2008 13:16:30 GMT -5
ncbbqnut,
Nice specimens there... from localities that I have NEVER heard of...
Drew
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Post by grandprix98 on Feb 12, 2008 14:07:31 GMT -5
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