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Charlie rocks! - 4/22/2008 7:49:33 AM    cobaltbot Posts: 1470 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Went to the dump near Charlies yesterday, I had'nt been there in a while.  My shovel was still there.  One of the great things about permiss digs is gettin to leave your chit there.  Moved a lot of dirt and widened out the hole but didn't find anything worth keepin other than a spoon.  Quit a little early so I could say hi to Charlie before having to get back to work.  Charlie is a rock guy amoung many other interests in his 97 years.  I tryed to talk him out of it but he insisted on giving me this piece of petrified wood and these two geodes from Arizona.  Nice guy! Attachment (1) _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... Post #: 1

RE: Charlie rocks! - 4/22/2008 9:27:19 AM    madpaddla Posts: 2412 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: online WoW.  Those are awesome ! ! ! Madpaddla _____________________________ It pays to look down. Ebay stuff http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZspliffybigfeetQQhtZ-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ckIv1tiaU&feature=related (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 2

RE: Charlie rocks! - 4/22/2008 10:26:09 AM    cobaltbot Posts: 1470 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Thanks Ben, I'm hoping to lure the TAZ man out of hiding.  Maybe I should have said INKS!, INKS!, INKS!!!! _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to madpaddla) Post #: 3

RE: Charlie rocks! - 4/22/2008 11:02:41 AM    Beebs   Posts: 138 Joined: 5/7/2007 From: Upstate NY Status: offline Hey cobaltbot, his name wasn't Charlie but the same thing happened to me. I went on a dig & came back with a fork & this...   Given to me by the lady who gave me permission to dig. Funny how things happen. Attachment (1) _____________________________ If the snow is too deep to dig a dump, dig an old attic" (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 4

RE: Charlie rocks! - 4/22/2008 11:11:55 AM    madpaddla Posts: 2412 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: online Yeah...Where for ought thou Taz?  Maybe I have him on instant message.  I'll try to rattle his cage. (in reply to Beebs) Post #: 5

RE: Charlie rocks! - 4/22/2008 1:06:59 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 1470 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Nice Serena, that one's really pretty! _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to madpaddla) Post #: 6

RE: Charlie rocks! - 4/22/2008 11:06:26 PM    cordilleran   Posts: 139 Joined: 2/13/2008 From: Walla Walla, Washington Status: offline The agatized wood is likely from Arizona. The geodes, however, appear to be Brazilian and filled with amethyst crystals. _____________________________ In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French: I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language. Sam Clemmons. (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 7

RE: Charlie rocks! - 4/23/2008 9:49:25 AM    cobaltbot Posts: 1470 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline I'm only going by what Charlie told me but I did find this on the internet: Amethyst in the U.S.:         There are many places in the U.S. where you can locate the amethyst crystal.  Some of the places are Maine, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina to Montana, Colorado and Arizona.  The color of the American Amethyst ranges from medium to dark purple and some include a smoky crystal.  In North Carolina the crystal has a bluish tint in some, which makes it unique to that state.  Colorado has clusters that are formed in cavities within sandstone.  Amethyst mined at Four Peaks Arizona, is found between the third and fourth peak from the left.  This peak is privately owned and located at the end of a steep and rocky trail.  In the 1500’s, the Spanish explorers were said to have gathered the amethyst and were used in making crown jewels.  Amethysts come from the cavities within an old fault zone, and are mined by hand and sent to the city to be cut. Amethysts that are mined here are classified as “Siberian” quality; meaning they are a higher grade of amethyst, and they display a reddish-violet hue color.  These mines were closed for some time and were reopened about 5 or 6 years ago and some of the gems were shown at the Tucson gem show in 1999.    From the following website:   http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/students/amethyst-geology/project.htm < Message edited by cobaltbot -- 4/23/2008 10:20:07 AM > _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to cordilleran) Post #: 8

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