{"id":4131,"date":"2019-12-10T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texasamethystagate.com\/?p=4131"},"modified":"2019-12-10T12:56:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T17:56:37","slug":"another-oddball-retrieved-from-the-carver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texasamethystagate.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/10\/another-oddball-retrieved-from-the-carver\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Oddball Retrieved from The Carver"},"content":{"rendered":"

While there are similarities to the two previous oddballs shown in an earlier posting, this little beauty has red, orange and gold needles radiating from the rind toward the tiny geode center.<\/p>\n

These needle-like structures are often referred to as ‘rutilated quartz’.\u00a0\u00a0 What is cool about these ‘needles’ are the color and the symmetrical\u00a0 nature\u00a0 of the ‘needles’ surrounding the tiny geode.<\/p>\n

This is why rock hunting on The Carver is a constant thrill–always something new and interesting geologically!<\/p>\n

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While there are similarities to the two previous oddballs shown in an earlier posting, this little beauty has red, orange and gold needles radiating from the rind toward the tiny geode center. These needle-like structures are often referred to as ‘rutilated quartz’.\u00a0\u00a0 What is cool about these ‘needles’ are the color and the symmetrical\u00a0 nature\u00a0 of the ‘needles’ surrounding the tiny geode. This is why rock hunting on The Carver is a constant thrill–always something new and interesting geologically!     previous oddballs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[35,16,100,49,37],"class_list":["post-4131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rock-finds","tag-carver-agate-field","tag-geode","tag-oddball","tag-quartz","tag-the-carver"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8pa45-14D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4938,"url":"https:\/\/texasamethystagate.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/06\/this-blue-geode-is-different\/","url_meta":{"origin":4131,"position":0},"title":"This Blue Geode Is Different","author":"John Carver","date":"June 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Blue banded agate nodules or geodes are not uncommon from The Carver Agate Field, but they most always seem to be blue from the outer rind inward to a white euhedral quartz center. 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