ynot Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 7 minutes ago, Adam86cucv said: Love the smokey quartz. Thanks. 7 minutes ago, Adam86cucv said: Only way we collect much of anything around here is to be a member of a rock & mineral club. Unfortunately they are an hour & half or more away, Being a member does not meen You have to attend the meetings, but it gives You access to the field trips. If the club belongs to the federation of rock clubs, You also have access to other club's field trips (for when You travel.) Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 9 minutes ago, ynot said: Thanks. Being a member does not meen You have to attend the meetings, but it gives You access to the field trips. If the club belongs to the federation of rock clubs, You also have access to other club's field trips (for when You travel.) That's true. I would like to join one that has a kids club so my son could be involved too since he's turning out to be quite the little rockhound like i was as a kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 Well, not all of the quartz crystals I find are supper clean. Some are frosted from other minerals growing with them. Others have a coat of agate on them. Here is one that has both things going on. And an unusual combination of actinolite and some copper minerals. (first side polished.) Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 Here is a small crystal from the last pocket (the one that I did a dig report on.). This came out of the edge of the crystalized area, and was the area where the crystals all had a phantom. And a pyrite crystal from an old gold mine south of Me. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Here is some more of My local rutilated quartz pieces... 3 views of a vein of white quartz' Front and back of a thin vein that has been polished on one side.. A polished piece. The last piece (2 pictures) is a purchased piece. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Another piece from the Graves Mountain mine in Georgia. Goethite with iridescent hematite. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 A couple of pieces of fluorite from New Mexico... With galina. 2 sides of a larger piece. And a closeup of one side. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 A couple more quartz pieces. A scepter from crystal park Montana. And a quartz crystal covered with stalagmitic agate from Virginia city, Nevada. side view. top view. bottom view. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 A plume agate from Nevada. And a "moss" agate from Montana. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Awesome moss agate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 28 minutes ago, doushantuo said: Awesome moss agate! Thanks. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 A couple of views of a piece of wavelite from El Dorado County California. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Haven't checked in here for a while. Nice stuff you're showing, Tony! 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Ludwigia said: Haven't checked in here for a while. Nice stuff you're showing, Tony! Thank You Roger. More to come..... Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 A couple of iron pyrite crystals that have been replaced by limonite. front and side view... and a nice example of a penitration twin... Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Here are 2 views of a piece from a copper mine in Nevada.. The white area is a broken up calcite vein with several copper minerals filling the space between the chunks. The piece has been polished but has a vug exposed that shows botryoidal malachite. (first picture.) And a couple of pieces of "fire agate" that show the botryoidal habit of agate/chalcedony. These came from the Black Hills of Arizona. (not polished.) That is it until I can take some more pictures. Hope Y'all are enjoying the show. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 that malachite piece........................WOW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 10 hours ago, doushantuo said: that malachite piece........................WOW Thank You. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 What a splendid collection. Thank you so much for sharing with us. I will post some of my own (on another thread) soon, hopefully. Some of those crystals are quite stunning and I love the rutile stuff particularly. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: What a splendid collection. Thank you so much for sharing with us. I will post some of my own (on another thread) soon, Thank You, Your welcome. Looking forward to seeing Your collection of minerals. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 Thought I would do a little change up. Instead of crystals, here are some agate pieces (Geodes, nodules and thundereggs.) First a piece of a large nodule geode. Was found in rhyolitic volcanic lava fields near Luna New Mexico. (10,000 ft elevation) Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 Thundereggs from Deming New Mexico, Rockhound state park. Also from a rhyolitic volcanic lava field. Front and back. Matching halfs. And a single half also from Deming. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 35 minutes ago, doushantuo said: Thanks. Tony PS Nice to know someone is still looking at this thread. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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