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Safford AZ fossils?


juanito

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the one closest to I carved to look like an eyeball.  Im sorry for including this. 

 

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Hello from SE Arizona. 

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I must agree with Roger.

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Isn’t Safford known for Arizona fire agates? The “eye”-looking one looks like a nice fire agate, or at least quartz with some agatizations. Couple of the others also look like they might have agatization 

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+1 for agate

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Thank you for response.. please look at some more of these. What is the reason so many have similar structure20230114_113729.thumb.jpg.a1e12793877131245eaa28a363b1c606.jpg20221214_215923.thumb.jpg.5b4847801dda5d79c26b48afdd969496.jpg20230106_203138.thumb.jpg.1ad35add173b18858dcc463a5a1dcaf1.jpg

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You’ve got a great bunch of agates!! Still a great find even if not a fossil. I’m a sucker for nice agates, could I see the pink one in the circle?

 

2 hours ago, juanito said:

What is the reason so many have similar structure


Gas bubbles sometimes form pockets within rocks like Basalt that form from cooling magma. The pockets will then be slowly filled with liquid silica which will layer in the pockets along with other minerals like iron. The AZ fire agates form from reddish iron deposits layering in with the silica. This hardens and gives the multicolored banding and bubbling appearance of agates such as yours.

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As @patelinho7 said, agates from gas bubbles. I have quite a few from near Phoenix. Sometimes they are hollow (geodes). Love them and you have quite the selection.

 

Would love to hunt that spot :fingerscrossed: Been that way a few times but never found any of those. love going down there for my photography. 

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