I'm curious if any of you Az rockhounders have run across any of these in your hounding travels. I call 'em potatoes because that's what they remind me of.
potatoes
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Re: potatoes
They're pretty abundant in Idaho
the variety in Arizona are most likely
HOT
wonder what the white knobs are minerally ?
and is the brown matrix ancient mud?
Ed
the variety in Arizona are most likely
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wonder what the white knobs are minerally ?
and is the brown matrix ancient mud?
Ed
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Re: potatoes
Hey Ed, the white nodules are agate and the brown matrix is a desert crust of some sort. When sliced open, this usually what is inside. Soooo, by the lack of opascity and the mohs hardness (7+), I'm assuming these are a type of jasper.
Ed,you may have noticed the big red/ green one the middle kinda resembles a rockin heart I did this year
Ed,you may have noticed the big red/ green one the middle kinda resembles a rockin heart I did this year
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Re: potatoes
wow those are fabulous!
those eyes/nodules are full of color!
you say these potatoes are in the Holbrook area?
hopefully there isn't a potato famine
cause I'm on my way
to slice and dice
& great polishing material
roc
those eyes/nodules are full of color!
you say these potatoes are in the Holbrook area?
hopefully there isn't a potato famine
cause I'm on my way
to slice and dice
& great polishing material
roc
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Re: potatoes
I got to get out in the desert more. Those are great looking items.
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Re: potatoes
I screwed up - posted on wrong thread.
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Re: potatoes
T.C.!
- You always were a Mr. Potato Head
rocEd
- You always were a Mr. Potato Head
rocEd
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Re: potatoes
a friend of mine brought me a couple of those potatoes
he visited Meteor Crater and later did some meteorite hunting
around the Holbrook area
some day I'm going to try to polish a slab
have you cabbed any?
any pic?
rco
he visited Meteor Crater and later did some meteorite hunting
around the Holbrook area
some day I'm going to try to polish a slab
have you cabbed any?
any pic?
rco