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Post by mogarden on Oct 24, 2011 5:28:01 GMT -6
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Post by lucy on Oct 27, 2011 1:37:22 GMT -6
My Mom collects rocks and so does her sister. They put the large ones in a "rock garden" and the small ones all over the place.
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Post by GrannyG on Nov 26, 2011 16:06:57 GMT -6
Beautiful to see....
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Post by jerseycub on Dec 9, 2011 11:09:08 GMT -6
I have started a thread over on Laura's other board about my rock collection. It's nothing fancy, just interesting things I've found over the years. I hope Phil won't mind if I just link to it here. ( "rockhound" is my handle there.)
Ruth is a bit of a rock collector but nothing as fancy as you have collected, she just collects river rocks and local rocks that she sees around the area for her flower beds. We have brought home rocks from various states we were visiting from time to time but only one for our landscape. Those first rocks you have pictures of look like meteorites.
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Post by mogarden on Jan 20, 2012 16:21:02 GMT -6
I wish they were Meteorites! I'd be in the money, lol. Here's a picture of a slab of natural tigereye stone. Not polished at all but you can see some of the design on the edge. I will clean and shine it when spring gets here for good. If you want to see the colorful crystals I bought online, follow the link in the first post. And scroll down to the bottom of the page.
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Post by w8in4dave on Jan 20, 2012 20:14:24 GMT -6
very nice collection
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Post by mogarden on Jan 21, 2012 7:08:19 GMT -6
Thanks, w8 It's just something to do in the winter while there not much happening in the garden.
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Post by Rita on Jan 22, 2012 4:56:03 GMT -6
I can't wait to see it polished .. Tiger eye is a very pretty stone
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jan 22, 2012 5:43:10 GMT -6
that's quita chunk of it too Mo...very nice indeed!!!
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Post by mogarden on Jan 22, 2012 6:38:49 GMT -6
Phil, yes I was surprised they sent me it all in one piece, usually it's chunks that total the 2 lbs or whatever you order. It will look great on the shelf, I think with just the front edge polished.
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Post by mogarden on Jan 31, 2012 15:47:01 GMT -6
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Feb 1, 2012 3:03:49 GMT -6
Either that's really unusual, or I ain't seen one before....How much $$ ya talking Mo... Mo You might know of these people I'm about to mention, they are World renown and Loved by many Rock hounds Tim Sheffler in Missouri who still operates a rock shop and a large Geode mine He operates it for and along with his mother now as she is quite old...
Tim and Betty are the family members remaining, Harold, her husband has passed on, Kent, Her Youngest Son , and I were very close...he was killed in a car accident in the 70's...
they specialize in geodes but have stones of all types...check out the Horseshoe shaped GEODE house in this Link Mo!www.ruralmissouri.org/02pages/Feb02geodes.htmlI haven't emailed Tim in a spell, reckon I should OOps..here's an additional link Mo that you might find the story interesting www.rockhounds.com/rocknet/messages/67870.shtml
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Post by mogarden on Feb 1, 2012 4:59:01 GMT -6
Phil, I only know of the Shefflers by reputation. I remember when they had the trouble with the road going thru and all. Lucky that you got to know them personally. I never got into rockhounding till I was in my 50's and never went to any of the nice places to hunt the good stuff. I just looked for unusual rocks around here. Now too old and beat up to travel. That's why I surf the rock boards and websites, it's kinda better than nothing, lol. Oh that rock weighs 4+ lbs and sold for 1900+ bucks. Nice but not that nice
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Post by Wrennie on Apr 2, 2012 14:54:54 GMT -6
Thats a cool rock Mogarden
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Post by Colorado on May 30, 2012 13:19:02 GMT -6
Son gave me a rock from the dirt/grass pile Monday and I guess it is Indian chipped and not great but I think it was used as scrapper or cutting blade. Not nice as Ute but here there were older tribe. Picturegraphs and pectographs. Fremont maybe. This dirt and grass came from the places north of me as their yards were striped for new sod.
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