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    topstuftopstuf ✭✭✭✭✭

    Lithotripsy. :s

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    TetromibiTetromibi ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    Lithotripsy. :s

    Been there, done that...owwwww

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    StuartStuart ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 18, 2019 7:03AM

    @Batman23 Those are very nice examples of Garnet Crystals in Mica Schist matrix that look like the type found in the Fort Wrangell, Alaska area.

    See following great web site link for reference:
    https://www.mindat.org/loc-11458.html


    @Batman23 said:
    I pick up some rocks... every once in a while... well, kinda somewhat often...quite often actually! Is there a cure for that? :D

    Here are a few I have found.


    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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    Batman23Batman23 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Stuart said:
    @Batman23 Those are very nice examples of Garnet Crystals in Mica Schist matrix that look like the type found in the Fort Wrangell, Alaska area.

    See following great web site link for reference:
    https://www.mindat.org/loc-11458.html


    @Batman23 said:
    I pick up some rocks... every once in a while... well, kinda somewhat often...quite often actually! Is there a cure for that? :D

    Here are a few I have found.

    Spot on! You know your crystals. The Wrangell garnet shape is very distinctive.

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    Yale Peabody Museum just amazing!

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    StuartStuart ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those Yale Peabody Museum Mineral Specimens are beautiful!! 😁👍.

    Was that museum named after this👇Mr. Peabody?😁LOL🤣


    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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    Looks like a lot of us coin collectors are rock hounds too!

    email: ccacollectibles@yahoo.com

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    I can't remember whether I collected insects or rocks 1st when I was a kid. All it cost was time and met my budget as a youngster!

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    StuartStuart ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 20, 2019 7:55AM

    @Rooster1 Those Septarian Nodules really brighten up to look beautiful when carved or slabbed, and then polished!😁👍 (Not my Specimens)




    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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    topstuftopstuf ✭✭✭✭✭

    What's a septarian nodule made of? Or how is it formed. Interesting structure.

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    StuartStuart ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    What's a septarian nodule made of? Or how is it formed. Interesting structure.

    @TopStuf Here’s The Answer👇to your above quoted question:


    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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    @Stuart said:
    @Rooster1 Those Septarian Nodules really brighten up to look beautiful when carved or slabbed, and then polished!😁👍 (Not my Specimens)



    Thanks for the info, You really know a lot about rocks.

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    StuartStuart ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 20, 2019 6:18PM

    @Rooster1 said:
    Thanks for the info, You really know a lot about rocks.

    @Rooster1 You’re very welcome!! — MS & BS in Degrees in Geology come in handy sometimes!😁👍


    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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    SweetpieSweetpie ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 20, 2019 7:56PM

    Here's my amateur rock collection:

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    :)

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    TunisTunis ✭✭✭✭

    I would love to find a fossil shell. I have found sea urchins and oyster shells here in South Texas but nothing compares to those.

    Successful buys/sales on BST board from NotSure, Nankraut, Yorkshireman, Astrorat, Ikeigwin(2x), Bob13, Outhaul, coinbuf, dpvilla, jayPem, Sean1990, TwoKopeiki, bidask, Downtown1974, drddm, nederveit2, ajann

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    KkathylKkathyl ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beach rocks count?

    Best place to buy !
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    StuartStuart ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ken, I suppose your son would professionally genetically classify that👇Rock as a Leverite

    @Fairlaneman said:
    The whole family are Rockhounds. Below is a Rock that my oldest son calls junk.
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    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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    TunisTunis ✭✭✭✭

    Ahhh yes, the classic leverite find!! For those not in the know, these are finds that you should “leave her right there” as not being collectible. Found many small pieces of petrified wood and broken shells on the beach that meet this definition.

    Successful buys/sales on BST board from NotSure, Nankraut, Yorkshireman, Astrorat, Ikeigwin(2x), Bob13, Outhaul, coinbuf, dpvilla, jayPem, Sean1990, TwoKopeiki, bidask, Downtown1974, drddm, nederveit2, ajann

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    StuartStuart ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Tunis Well played — I was waiting for someone to pick up on my covert Leverite comment!😁😂

    @Tunis said:
    Ahhh yes, the classic leverite find!! For those not in the know, these are finds that you should “leave her right there” as not being collectible.


    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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    ACopACop ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thread bumper

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    topstuftopstuf ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gee. Odes. B)

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    StuartStuart ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 27, 2019 7:35AM

    Rock👇Music!! 😉🤣 LOL!! 😂👍

    @ACop said:


    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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    AUandAGAUandAG ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you have grandkids you get to collect rocks:

    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com

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