#rockhounding
A nice pile of #colorful #geodes we picked up here in #centralkentucky over the past few days!
#geodesforsale #geodes4sale #geodesandmore #rockhound #rockhounding #rockhounder #rockhounders #rockhounds #geologypage #geologypages #geologyrocks #rocksandminerals #creekfinds #riverfinds #rockhoundingfinds #crystals #minerals #geode #geodemarket #geodecollector #geodehunting #geodesfordays #crystalcollector #mineralcollector #quartz #agate #calcite
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Pretty #interesting #specimen I ran across here in #centralkentucky
Anyone have any ideas as to what it could be?
#fossil #fossils #fossilid #fossilidentification #paleontology #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #rockhound #rockhounds #rockhounding #rockhounder #rockhounders #rocks #rocksandminerals #dino #dinosaur #mudfossils #forbiddenpaleontology #mudfossiluniversity #rockhoundsofig #rockhoundsofinstagram
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#Ithasbeenwritten that the #rocks will cry out in #praise
#geode #geodes #prophecy #prayer #praying #rocksandminerals #geology #geologist #geologists #geologypage #geogypages #geologyrocks #rockhound #rockhounding #rockhoundsofig #rockhounder #rockhounds #rockhounders #rockhoundsofinstagram #creekfind #riverfind #creekfinds #riverfinds #strange #oddandunusual #unusual
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A nice little pile of #geodes we rounded up the other day while out #rockhunting
#geode #crystals #rocks #minerals #rocksandminerals #rockhound #rockhunter
#rockhounds
#rockhoundsofig #rockhounder #rockhoundsofinstagram #rockhounding #geologypage #geologyrocks #geodesforsale #geodes4sale #geodemarket #crystalsforsale #crystals4sale #creekfind #creekfinds #riverfind #riverfinds #mothernature #outdoors #creeklife #jesuschrist #hashtag
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#centralkentucky #brachiopod #fossils
#fossil #brachiopods #brachiopodsofinstagram #brachiopodfossils #fossilizedbrachiopod #fossilshells #fossilizedshells #marinefossil #marinefossils #paleontology #ancientsealife #extinct #extinctfossils #ancientfossils #ancientoceans #rockhound #rockhounds #rockhounder #rockhounders #rockhounding #geologypage #geologyrocks #geologypages #geology #fossilcollector #fossilhunter #fossilhunting
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#Interesting little #fossilcluster I picked up recently here in #centralkentucky
#coral #corals #coralfossil #coralfossils #fossilizedcoral #fossilizedcorals #paleontology #fossilclusters #fossilcollecting #fossilhunting #fossilhunter #rockhound #rockhounds #rockhounders #rockhounder #rockhounding #bryzoancoral #bryzoanfossil #bryzoanfossils #fossilizedbryzoan #ancientsealife #ancientoceansofcentralkentucky #allaroundrockhoundds #geodesandmore #geology #unitedstates #usa (at Kentucky)
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One of my spot cleaning guns lost pressure somehow, and now it’s stuck on what seems to be the perfect strength to clean harder zeolites and other specimens in the field! I brought a battery along on my recent trip, and I’m probably gonna take it everywhere now. Check this stilbite as found, which I figured was decomposed beyond recognition. Just a few passes with the gun turned it into an absolute stunner on its bed of heulandite, with wild bicoloration and ample size and terminations. Included are a few videos of field cleaning heulandite and a lovely chocolate honey calcite found with @unearthed.minerals over the weekend.
#stilbite #heulandite #crystals #rockhounding #washington #cleaning #zeolite #zeolites #mineral #minerals #crystal #rock #rocks #specimen #geology #quartz #spray #calcite (at Spray Park Trail)
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Rocks and views from a couple days camping around the Gifford Pinchot with @unearthed.minerals. Featuring Mt. Adams, various creeks and rivers, and a whole heck bunch of heulandite. More photo dumps to come
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #washington #minerals #zeolite #quartz #pnw #rock #crystal #mtadams #wilderness #pockets #mining #mineral #agate #agates #silica #geology (at Dark Divide)
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Glowing golden calcite atop water clear chabazite crystals found today on a prospecting trip with my dude @c_rackelman of @unearthed.minerals at a site he honed in on in Columbia County. As we were mostly trying to find access, we didn’t bring any equipment but we’re pleasantly surprised by a bunch of great fresh float material. We’ll be back for sure soon with some buckets at the very least!
#rocks #crystals #geology #zeolites #rockhounding #oregon #rock #crystal #calcite #chabazite #quarry #mining #silica #mineral #minerals #microminerals #columbiacounty (at Soft Rock Cafe)
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Wild chunk of blue/green jade-like jasper or agate sandwiched in carnelian from the Nehalem River, Columbia County, Oregon. May 10th, 2017.
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More great little jasp-agate from the Nehalem River, Columbia County, Oregon. May 10th, 2017.
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Sampling of all the sick golden calcite on clear chabazite that @unearthed.minerals led us to a few months back. This stuff is endlessly aesthetic, and looks amazing under magnification and UV light. Very fun to photograph, but I neglected to really clean these before I documented them. The best of this stuff can now be seen at @carneliancoffee, but I’ll be sure to post more of it this week
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #calcite #chabazite #zeolite #zeolites #quarry (at Rainier, Oregon)
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Been in the moving process for a month, and with all my rocks packed up and waiting to be transported to their new home, this floater is the only one I have brought over. Found a few months ago in southern Washington state with @unearthed.minerals.
Hopefully I’ll get back to it before the end of the year, but it’s unlikely tbh! Too much real life shit lately, but I’ll be back
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #washington #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw (at South Tabor)
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Tried to capture every angle of this incredibly dope calcite (?) formation on stilbite, as well as other calcites and associated zeolites in this final group of shots of this material from my last few posts. Hard to photograph, but super cool little diamond in the rough.
#rock #rocks #silica #rockhounding #oregon #rockhound #geology #agate #agates #quartz #crystal #crystals #calcite #zeolite #zeolites #mineral #minerals #collection #earth #geo #nature #pnw #collecting #microminerals #pacificnorthwest #mining #digging #clackamascounty #willametteriver #hydratedsilica (at Carnelian Coffee)
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Here’s some of the crazy little pockets of zeolites and calcite from the same host rock as my last post. I especially love the clusters of single, clear stilbite crystals against the stark black background of druzy covered matrix. I’m not sure what all the other zeolites are, but I heard thompsonite and likely scolecite and/or mordenite are present, among others. Spot shown to me by @pnw_rocktography, dug with him and @unearthed.minerals many weeks ago
#rock #rocks #silica #rockhounding #oregon #rockhound #geology #crystal #crystals #calcite #zeolite #zeolites #mineral #minerals #collection #earth #geo #nature #pnw #pacificnorthwest #mining #digging #thompsonite #stilbite #scolecite #mordenite #hydratedsilica #micromineral #clackamascounty (at Carnelian Coffee)
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Golden stilbite and associated clay minerals from a local Clackamas County spot along the Willamette River collected months ago with @pnw_rocktography and @unearthed.minerals. These pockets are nice, but the really cool and scary looking material comes in smaller pockets in the same host rock, as this stuff is riddled with wildly varying formations, minerals and colors. I’ll post them here imminently as I play catch up on the last few collecting trips.
#rock #rocks #silica #rockhounding #oregon #rockhound #geology #agate #agates #quartz #crystal #crystals #calcite #zeolite #zeolites #mineral #minerals #collection #earth #geo #nature #pnw #pacificnorthwest #mining #digging #stilbite #smectite #clay #clackamascounty #willametteriver (at New Era Computers)
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Hunting for crazy banding or crystal cavities in these small Columbia county full nodules can be frustrating; While these guys are all pretty dope, I know there are big geodes and deep color hidden inside a lot of this material, as I have many broken pieces to prove it! Only one of these, probably the biggest one, had hints of banding and a hollow interior. Might polish these up and sell as cheap mini sets all the same.
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #silica #carnelian #carnelianagate #lapidary #nodules #geodes #nodule #geode #columbiacounty #stone #stonecutters (at Lay Low Tavern)
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A bunch of rocks I didn’t take, and then 2 that I did from the Molalla River yesterday
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #silica
#clackamascounty #molallariver #carnelian #carnelianagate #jasper #sagenite #water #gravel (at Rocking Crab Se 82nd)
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WOOOO!!! I just found a missing rock (in 6 main pieces) that was feared lost forever after I moved, and couldn’t find it after I set up the collection in the new house. @pnw_rocktography and @unearthed.minerals have the other two pieces, as I was with them when I found it. It’s one of my favorite finds, even though it’s still dirty and I’m not entirely sure what its composition is. Found in a very unique area, with gorgeous jaspers, agates, quartz, calcite, cinnabar and many other crazy things all around. I’ve found a ton of related material, though this is the best. One of my favorite areas, and it’ll be off limits for years due to wildfires in 2020. So glad I found this in the bottom of a random bucket I threw a bunch of stuff in when I moved. LABEL YOUR BUCKETS AND DRAWERS, FOLKS!
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #silica #clackamascounty #calcite #cinnabar #jasper #blue #foundandfoundagain (at OG Skate School)
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One of my biggest and best hauls of carnelian from the Columbia County spot, from me and @unearthed.minerals most recent visit. Got some really deep reds on this trip, which I’ll post next. April 11th, 2021
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #silica #carnelian #carnelianagate #coastrange #columbiacounty #pnw #carnelians (at Carnelian Coffee)
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Coast range quarry day with the lads @unearthed.minerals @pnw_rocktography & @mining.treasures, finding some icy summer weather, sick calcite pockets and some purpleish flint/chert that I failed to photograph. Remember, always backfill your tracks with your own droppings, to hide that you were ever there.
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #silica #calcite #pyrite #quarry #coastrange #nature #view #pnw #ice #tillamookcounty (at Calcite art)
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One particularly sick little carnelian flake and a few more small nodules and such from September 1, 2021 w/@unearthed.minerals
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #silica #carnelian #carnelianagate #columbiacounty #texture #stone #stones #gems #gemstones #gem (at Shadow Realm)
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Yet another dope batch of carnelian and agate from a Columbia County trip with @unearthed.minerals on September 1st of 2020. Lots more from this trip, another post or two at least
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #silica #carnelian #carnelianagate #columbiacounty #red #orange #gem #gems #gemstone #gemstones (at Carnelian Farm)
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Finally, a post about the chabazite: this fantastic combo of calcite on chabazite features large, clear pseudo-cubic crystals with deceptively smooth faces, nearly all of which actually have incredible etching and patterns, many even visible to the naked eye. This first shot is through a handheld loupe, but @pnw_rocktography has taken some really excellent micro shots which you can see on his feed and on @unearthed.minerals. I just love the look of this stuff, and I’m hoping they went to find more today while I recover from my booster shot yesterday. A few of these shots are of a particular crystal lined void, the intact remains of which produced a chabazite tunnel that is just so sick.
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #silica
#chabazite #calcite #zeolite #zeolites #columbiacounty (at Chabahil)
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More carnelian, crazy casting, bubbly botryoidal and banding and one wee crazed opal that glows nicely under UV. Collected in Columbia County, March 2020
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #silica #carnelian #carnelianagate #botryoidal #banding #columbiacounty
(at Carnelian Coffee)
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Whole bunch of carnelian and other neat agate and quartz, from a Columbia County creek run on March 13th, 2020, as usual with @unearthed.minerals. A sweet quartz flower on some bubbly chalcedony, cool banding on a real branchy looking piece, and some other cool biz. There is a bunch of really cool textures and interesting casts in this batch, which I’ll post details of next.
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #silica #carnelian #columbiacounty #rockhound #banding
(at Carnelian)
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Rainer calcite, crystal faces edition: all the crystal faces on these combos have really cool textures, which resemble melting record keeper formations on the calcite. The majority also have interior fracturing which, because of calcite’s perfect cleavage, makes it look like dogtooth phantoms inside each crystal. For all I know, they could actually be phantoms, but since they reflect rainbows depending on the angle you view them at, I assume it’s internal fractures. Someone please drop some knowledge here!
#rocks #crystals #rockhounding #oregon #geology #agate #rock #agates #crystal #quartz #mineral #minerals #specimen #pnw #chabazite #zeolite #zeolites #columbiacounty #calcite #silica #micro #thumbnails #thumbnail (at South Tabor)
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It’s hard to believe that a year has already passed since my boyfriend and I went rockhounding at Emma Mine! I’ve made so many cool things with the chrysocolla we found there :) That being said, my shop will now be closed until the new year. Thank you so much for the support!
One of the chokers I made for my newest jewelry collection! The stone is a piece of flint I found while I was out rockhounding on my birthday this year :) This piece and others like will be available this Wednesday (10/6), and all new items will be 25% off!
Just a reminder to always be careful venturing outside looking for crystals. I was a little too eager sticking my hand into what i thought was an empty pocket the other day when I felt a smooth coil and quickly yanked my hand out. Luckily this snake is harmless (I believe it’s a yellow-bellied racer), but it could have easily been a venomous species or any number of other critters. Also, thanks to reddit for getting these snake names stuck in my head #dangernoodle #cautionramen #regrettispaghetti #snek #snake #outdoors #hiking #rockhounding #geology #nature #fossicking #crystalhunter #austin #texas #atx #herpetology #wildlife
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I always envy those amazing glamor shots other folks can get of their rocks…. someone on another site asked for some high-quality images of the stilbite cluster and that made me sit down and figure out how to make my camera do the work.
Turns out it’s:
-Aperture priority, 1/13th - 1/8th shutter speed
-ISO 100
-Hi-def Image-stacking mode (my camera can stack three)
-A tripod
-A lamp and a cheap lightbox with a black craft foam backing
-Manual focus
-Kicking the cats out of the home office so they quit making things bump and shake
My fancy Sony Cybershoot (AKA a point-n-shoot with an option for manual focus, not a DSLR-etcetc) managed to get these last night. Took a few tries, as the camera shows things overexposed on the screen; if I correct exposure for what I’m seeing on the camera, it’s underexposed on the monitor.
Top to bottom, pink stilbite cluster, lemon calcite cubes, pink heulandite geode, quartz geode with calcite crystal, and my stilbite flower, which is still my favorite find! No post-processing, just as they came out of the camera, tiny jar lid for a shooting stand included :P
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I really need to learn how to polish big flat rocks.
Finally getting warm enough to cut again! Most of these are from the claim.
Playing with rock over the weekend!
Just showing off some super colorful things from my phone archive folder, from the past few months :P
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Products of yesterday’s cutting!
