Rocks

[Tom Butler]

The single stone is my ring, the other was Mom's everyday ring until she passed. We dug these, couple trips early '70's, in Montana and our Uncle cut and set them. My job was plucking stones from the hematite, just the right eye and mentality for it.

Came across this literature cleaning out the desk. God those were long hot car rides. East of Vantage was always miserable as only grandpa's Buick had AC. Did lots of other good camping on those trips too.

 

[Fourbtgait]

The single stone is my ring, the other was Mom's everyday ring until she passed. We dug these, couple trips early '70's, in Montana and our Uncle cut and set them. My job was plucking stones from the hematite, just the right eye and mentality for it.
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Came across this literature cleaning out the desk. God those were long hot car rides. East of Vantage was always miserable as only grandpa's Buick had AC. Did lots of other good camping on those trips too.
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Reminds me of our family trips in the 60’s.
North Carolina for ruby’s and sapphire’s.
Arkansas for diamonds.
As an 8 year old it wasn’t my thing.

 

[Tom Butler]

Reminds me of our family trips in the 60’s.
North Carolina for ruby’s and sapphire’s.
Arkansas for diamonds.
As an 8 year old it wasn’t my thing.

I was into it. Guess we started early collecting agates and glass at the beach house on Jefferson Head. Most trips involved rocks somewhere along the line.
At that age I was really into fishing also however, and I remember standing in the river screening rocks and dreaming of casting instead.

 

[Fourbtgait]

I was into it. Guess we started early collecting agates and glass at the beach house on Jefferson Head. Most trips involved rocks somewhere along the line.
At that age I was really into fishing also however, and I remember standing in the river screening rocks and dreaming of casting instead.

Ours was different. A once a year 2 week vacation.
Either for gemstones or historical sites. For me, American history always took precedence. My father was never a fisherman so…

 

[SurfnFish]

Am endlessly fascinated by the rocks and formations within the caldera. This obsidian boulder is about 4' in diameter.

 

[Matt B]

Dry Falls write-up from WA DNR

New Dry Falls Visualization and Poster Released!

We are pleased to announce the release of a new perspective view visualization of Dry Falls, Washington. This rendering incorporates lidar data and aerial photographs to create a semi-realistic dep…

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[SilverFly]

Check out the pretty blond I picked up in the backyard this morning. Almost got dumped as fill but thankfully I noticed the sun hitting it.

 

[Matt B]

Who else is ready to geek out?!?! Over 10,000 new borehole and well log entries!

More Than 10,000 New Records Added to Our Subsurface Database

We recently released a large update to our Subsurface Database, which contains geologic information about boreholes and water wells across Washington. Linked to each borehole and water well point l…

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[SculpinSwinger]

A few left over from the east arm of Great Slave Lake

 

[Wadin' Boot]

Weird mud or siltstone formation- almost looks like a sculpture. Does anyone know the term for his kind of siltstone/sandstone/mudstone formation?

 

[Aufwuchs]

Weird mud or siltstone formation- almost looks like a sculpture. Does anyone know the term for his kind of siltstone/sandstone/mudstone formation?

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[Aufwuchs]

Concretion

 

[Wadin' Boot]

Concretion

Thanks!

 

[SilverFly]

Some agate finds from the river last week. Almost didn't pick up the gnarly one but the color caught my eye. Not sure the smaller one qualifies as a true agate but thinking this will polish really well.

 

[SculpinSwinger]

Owens Valley CA

 

[SilverFly]

Gneiss find!

 

[BriGuy]

Gneiss find!

Yes. A lot better than the schist I usually find.

 

[SculpinSwinger]

A couple more from my morning walks while in the Owens valley

 

[Stonedfish]

Concretion

Correct. Many refer to them as “clay babies”.
SF

 

[dirty dog]

Rock on and rock out
Thank you all for the great pics