Back side of the crazy lacy agate

Mossy red large seam agate

A handful of smaller agates

Some of yesterday’s finds. I can’t wait to cut that crazy lacy one! Now trying to limit myself to those I can easily pick up with one hand. So. Hard.

I am looking at those so glad to know that you are happy with it. What extra discs did you end up liking for agates? I have a lot of agates to work on.

Enjoy the peace!

Holy toledo! Tell me about your hew flat lap.

Maybe also Mothers’ Day?

Aren’t they stunning? I have some i intend to slab and polish. A necklace from this stuff would be lovely.

This inspires me! I will be visiting a beach in Mexico tomorrow and I discovered some calcite crystal filled fossil shells last time I was there. This time I am more prepared!

I do love me some blue rocks. That is gorgeous. I don’t know what it is about blue when it comes to rocks but I am there for it.

I love a ‘find it with me’ video!

I love a good agate beach!

They have the most beautiful rhyolite here on the Baja peninsula. So many colors and even different forms. I think some of this is known as wonderstone, but I call them Picasso Stones. #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #geology

Big flame stitch agate that looks like a shirt from the 1970’s.

Agate with reds and grays and whites

Translucent peach and purple red agate with green rind

Deep red agate with blue waterline in a ‘flame stitch’ pattern

Agates. So. Many. Agates. #agates #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #rockhounding

Wow, that is super cool. they almost look like polyps or something like that. Maybe an organism that set up in a softer material that was then replaced with silica? That's a beauty.

OOH, that third one looks mossy!

I love his stuff. I also wish I'd had the bandwidth for geology as an undergrad.

“Wait! Could those be rhyolite spires over there? I need to go to that little beach next to them. “ It did not disappoint. Volcanic breccia held in an agate matrix? Yes, please. #rockhounds #rockhoundingadventures #volcanics

I do think calcite is involved but wonder how it was formed.

Layer rock in creams with layer of peach colored material and green mineral deposits. Fresh break on the top of this rock. weathering shown on the front face.

layered rocks in cream and white showing host rock it formed on top of and also the risks of using a rock hammer without gloves in that damaged fingernail.

Layered stone in situ showing grey from weathering.

facts: soft. most layers scratched with old copper nail, those that didn't scratched with steel. Translucent. Reacts to household vinegar. Calcium based? Possibly not all layers react, hard to tell. Under UV flashlight (the cheap kind), rocks glow orange, green, purple. Baja California Sur.

White and cream layered rocks in situ on the side of the hill. Found in a limited area.

rock in layers of cream and white with bubbles of perhaps caclite on top. These were sandwiched between layers of stone.

green mineral maybe? that's a fresh break.

translucent rocks that looks like bubbles, not boitroydial crystals.

What's this? Facts: found in limited area in erosion side of hill in area of ancient volcanoes. Rocks break along layers. Made from ancient thermal springs maybe? More facts in comments. #geology #volcanics #rockhounding

if you eat those mushrooms, Sasquatch will appear to you and give you information no one else has. Nice Sasquatch.

I understand the obsession all too well.

Thanks! So stoked!

Oh that is just stunning.

Really cool!

Well, I did crabapple butter a couple of times. It was, um, labor intensive. But delicious. Especially the one spiced with jalapeño. I like to play with my food.

Really beautiful!

Bucket list bingo. Also found one I think is a short finned mako shark in the same area. This one looks to he from an ancient white shark. Still so sharp! What a day. #fossils

Agatized chalcedony with mineral crystals yet to be identified

Agate

Discovering and ancient waterfall up in an arroyo.

Exploring a cavernous area in the cliffside. Inside: a dead bighorn sheep

I took a complete social media and news break bit there was no break from rockhounding or studying the geomorphology of Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. #rockhounding # geology

Beautiful crow against a black background

It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.

(1/n)

Living on a boat, I miss our local crows. We did have a Cowbird come to visit between Mexico and Hawaii, out of nowhere. She came inside and sailed w/ us for days, eating granola, drinking water, hopping around in the cabin. I was unaccountably sad when one evening she flew off under a full moon.