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New Year 2018 Diversity Galleries

New Year 2018 Diversity Galleries

By /March 6, 2018 /0 comments /Rock Finds

Fifteen Agate Types Found in Small Area on “The Carver” A small, approximately 4 +/- acre area of ‘The Carver’ has provided all of the stones that are referenced in this posting and in the New Year 2018 Diversity Galleries (March 2018).  In addition to the citrine scepter, subject of a blog posting dated January 21, 2018, this small area has produced a staggering array of beautiful and diversely colored gem stones.  How all of these stones, including citrine and amethyst, were formed in such a small area is the subject of ongoing geological inquiry with the help of geologist Bill Halepeska of Midland, Texas. Visit the Diversity Galleries to see more examples: Diversity Gallery 1 Diversity Gallery 2 Diversity Gallery 3 Diversity Gallery 4 Examples:

The Blue Druzy

The Blue Druzy

By /October 3, 2017 /3 comments /Rock Finds

Blue druzy unexpectedly discovered while disposing of brush. What a lucky accidental find! Click on an image to open the slideshow for larger views.

“Carver Find” Article in Rock & Gem Magazine

“Carver Find” Article in Rock & Gem Magazine

By /August 2, 2017 /0 comments /Rock Finds

Here is the in-depth article in vol. 47, issue #8 (August 2017) of Rock and Gem Magazine that I mentioned in a previous posting. It’s pretty exciting to get this kind of recognition for the “Carver Find.” Click on each article page image to view a larger version for easier reading. And please let me know what you think in the Comments Section. Thanks.

Three Amigos April Rock Hunt

Three Amigos April Rock Hunt

By /May 8, 2017 /1 comment /Rock Finds

Two days of rocking turned up several kinds of moss agates (red, green and yellow), jasper,  agatized jasper, and brechiated jasper (yellow, orange, red, green….), plus nodules and agates.   Geologist Bill continued to ‘school’ us on the geology of ‘the Carver’.  A great time was had by all. Click on the images below to see the detailed versions. Left to right:  John Carver, Raymond Boswell, Bill Halepeska, on April rock hunt on ‘the Carver’.

New rocks found and upcoming photos

New rocks found and upcoming photos

By /April 26, 2017 /0 comments /Rock Finds

Last week I found a large collapsed crystalline pocket which can be seen in part in photos # 825 and #826 of the Gem Show Gallery #6 display.  The pocket was amazingly intact and undamaged as you will see when I photo the rest of the pocket material.  Hope to get that to you soon.

Rock Hunting

Rock Hunting

By /March 23, 2017 /3 comments /Rock Finds

I went rock hunting for 2 hours yesterday. Here is the picture of the rocks I found. More on what I found yesterday when I cut them.