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« on: September 02, 2014, 08:11:40 PM »
Last Saturday I want to Hollister, CA, for a bit of rockhounding. There's a dry river bed south of town. Lots of jasper, agates, and a few fossils.
I found a huge chunk of agate. It was just a plain, brown/grey, color on the outside. I wanted to see what was inside before I lugged it home. I started pounding on what I believed to be a weak spot. That darn rock had the audacity to send a chip flying and hit my thumb just to the right of my thumbnail. Boy that hurt! Got some blood all over some nice rocks.
Well.... I had to teach that rock a lesson. I got out my sledge hammer and a big chisel. I broke it right in half. Take that!
There was nothing inside. dunno28
But I did get about 50 pounds of some nice jasper, agates, and one conglomerate with some shells in it. And a sore thumb.