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Post by auplater on Mar 11, 2011 11:40:55 GMT -5
Diamond Hill druse from Feb 11 trip... part of a 120# boulder full of pockets and vugs smokey/blu-ish druse on siderite?? crusty rind + waxy clear/yellow-ish skeletal quartz   John L. |
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Post by Dicky the Rockhunter on Mar 11, 2011 13:51:53 GMT -5
 ;D That is truly the kind of specimen display rock I love. It really has some caracter. Hope it is stable enough to move where ya want. Thanks for showing I am Jealous Dicky
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Post by auplater on Mar 11, 2011 15:24:26 GMT -5
Thnx Dicky... made the trip worthwhile the rind surrounding the vugs is a bit fragile.. here's another vug-o-the-boulder in full sun Front:  Back:  l8tr John L. |
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Post by Ryan on Mar 12, 2011 19:03:17 GMT -5
John... Two words: FRICKIN' SWEET!!! Gotta keep it clean-mouthed for the kiddies  But in all seriousness, as Dicky mentioned, that is a fantastic display piece. So much going on in there! Beautiful. I too am jealous. But luckily I have some of my own Diamond Hill treasures. |
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Post by auplater on Mar 14, 2011 16:25:37 GMT -5
here's the "mother-of-vuggy" "natural sculpture" biggest piece from the boulder, finally cleaned up Front  Back  Pocket closeups    Irredescent coating  Stands ~ 22" tall, all sorts of neat stuff going on in these pieces.. John L. |
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Post by rickb29212 on Mar 14, 2011 18:46:10 GMT -5
Very nice find, and I also like the front-end loader that you use to move your collection around with. Rick B
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Post by major on Mar 14, 2011 18:58:21 GMT -5
Just noticed these pics ;D That stuff looks so cool now that its cleaned up!! The "morphs" and chalcedony are some of my favorite things to be found at DH! Guess I don't need to discourage people from busting rock, most of the time its not fruitful, but looks like you did great! I remember one time a guy asked me if busting rocks at DH would produce amethyst like JXR when you bust them open. I told him that I've never seen it happen here like that, and its most likely a waste of time. About 10 min. later he showed me a huge boulder he was working on, how he busted it open and sure enough there was a pocket of amethyst right in the center, had to eat my words,lol  ;D From now on when people ask me about busting rock, I tell them this same story because I guess you never can tell, especially at DH. |
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Post by CrossfireBusiness on Mar 15, 2011 23:00:55 GMT -5
nice big ones ! RTH (Roller) = Crossfirebusiness-dr
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;D That is truly the kind of specimen display rock I love. It really has some caracter. Hope it is stable enough to move where ya want.
But in all seriousness, as Dicky mentioned, that is a fantastic display piece. So much going on in there! Beautiful. I too am jealous. But luckily I have some of my own Diamond Hill treasures.
;D