Rock hounds
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From: fallon nv
Yes in the fallon area and east of here.There are a few places were fosels can be picked up off the ground.There are a few peolpe in town that have some urainiom claims!!!
Most of the smaller hills around here are coverd in tufa stone witch is nothing more than prehistoric reef,from when this area was under water.
One place me and the kids go alot is south of town in the dead camel mountains and find petrafied wood.Somtimes we will come across a geode.
Most of the smaller hills around here are coverd in tufa stone witch is nothing more than prehistoric reef,from when this area was under water.One place me and the kids go alot is south of town in the dead camel mountains and find petrafied wood.Somtimes we will come across a geode.
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From: Calgary, Canada
I started looking and collecting more actively since I started this job in Jan 05, where I am out in the middle of nowhere (southern Alberta) most of the time. I have a couple 5"x3"x1" chunks of gypsum crystals and many smaller ones, a couple nice conglomerate stones (looks like cement), several rocks with embedded shell fossils, petrified wood, a clay ironstone that looks like a meteorite and others. I dragged a 100 pound rock home once cause I thought it was a meteorite... it was rusty and appeared to have a crust, but I was told that it wasn't, by a couple of experts.
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From: Wyoming
I've done a lot of hunting - star garnets in Northern Idaho, topaz in central Utah, pertified wood here in Wyoming. It's fun for the whole family. Never been rockhounding in your area (NV) but I bet there's some neat stuff. Lots of Leverite around here.
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From: Carhenge
I grew up in fairburn and blue agate country in western Nebraska. All kinds of rocks and Indian artifacts as well.
I now live in the South East Idaho desert. Really only one kind of rock you find here. The Idaho love stone.
I now live in the South East Idaho desert. Really only one kind of rock you find here. The Idaho love stone.
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