Rockhounding the Rockies

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Thunder eggs vs Geodes

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So what's the difference between thunder eggs and geodes.  The lady at the Rock Hound state park in NM said geodes are hollow with c...
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Friday, October 28, 2011

NM Trip: Rhyolite

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Fence and house made of "candy" Rhyolite Next stop on our vacation was to a town called Truth or Consequences in search of Rhy...
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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Rockhounding trip to NM: Fluroite, Barite, Galena and more at Blanchard Mine

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Nice Specimen with Blue Fluorite Usually once a year in the fall or spring my wife and I take a one week vacation doing some site-seei...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Fall Colors in the Rockies and Goethite with Smokys

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Fall in the Rockies near Lake George CO I've looked for advertisements on-line for goethite and there doesn't seem to be much of ...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Rockhounding Streams in Colorado

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Every once and awhile Colorado Springs gets a good rain that churns up the creek.  There is no telling what you'll find after a flooding...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Now that's the color of amazonite!

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Amazonite comes in different colors of blue-green.  Some light blue, others very green.  The amazonite I found this past week although somew...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Extraordinary Arrowhead

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Once and awhile you find something that's really exciting.  This arrowhead was found near Florrisant Colorado on private property.  I ha...
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I grew up outside Chicago in the suburb of Western Springs. I attended Timothy Christian School and then went on to college at Calvin College (BS) and the University of Michigan (MS) I entered the US Air Force and after several assignments retired in Colorado Springs. Along the way I got an MBA at Western New England University.
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