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Author Topic: Rockhounding Trip to Southeast Idaho and east/central Oregon  (Read 9379 times)

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Greg Hiller

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Re: Rockhounding Trip to Southeast Idaho and east/central Oregon
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2016, 09:16:03 AM »

Oh, some more from Richardson's ranch. 
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Re: Rockhounding Trip to Southeast Idaho and east/central Oregon
« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2016, 09:20:53 AM »

One last cab I made from one of the Succor Creek eggs with some crystals in it. 
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Re: Rockhounding Trip to Southeast Idaho and east/central Oregon
« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2016, 09:23:32 AM »

Oh, and here's the hole we were digging in at Succor Creek...pretty deep!

And finally a photo of one of the 'rivers' or seams of obsidian at Glass Butte.  You can even see these 'rivers' on the satellite images of Glass Butte. 
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Re: Rockhounding Trip to Southeast Idaho and east/central Oregon
« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2016, 09:27:18 AM »

All in all a really great trip.  Tons of fun and many bulk rate boxes of rocks sent back by the USPS.  It will take time to see what we got in the other materials we collected.  My saw oil is already all brown from the T-eggs!
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Re: Rockhounding Trip to Southeast Idaho and east/central Oregon
« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2016, 12:40:43 PM »

You picked some great spots. Thanks for the photos. The t-eggs are really fun to cut - with little indication of what might be inside. Those eggs with the little orbs are fantastic :smiley:
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Re: Rockhounding Trip to Southeast Idaho and east/central Oregon
« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2016, 04:36:42 PM »

Great trip report, love the photos of material! Richardson's is pretty great for reliable material. That's some stunning obsidian pattern and love the eggs!
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Re: Rockhounding Trip to Southeast Idaho and east/central Oregon
« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2016, 09:39:59 PM »

What a perfect trip.  Always great when you go to a new spot and still hit it big.  Love all the different variety of material collected.  The Mahogany / Midnight Lace is beautiful and it looks like it has a bit of Gold Sheen in the Mahogany areas. I think Knappers go crazy for that material.  Grats on the collecting and material.
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Re: Rockhounding Trip to Southeast Idaho and east/central Oregon
« Reply #22 on: November 10, 2016, 10:56:55 AM »

Steve, yes, most everything went well on the trip.  Of course when I got back I was carrying one of the bulk rate boxes loaded with 40 lbs of rocks down a couple of steps and managed to twist my ankle sufficiently to put me on crutches for two days.  But that’s mostly healed up now. 
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Re: Rockhounding Trip to Southeast Idaho and east/central Oregon
« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2016, 11:48:44 AM »

Man now I wanna get out to some new spots real badly! Great looking plume and awesome chatoyant mahogany obsidian! Great looking cut stones as well Greg!!

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Re: Rockhounding Trip to Southeast Idaho and east/central Oregon
« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2019, 10:31:55 AM »

I found the following video on Youtube to be very interesting regarding rockhounding in Oregon/Idaho.  For those that have a specific interest in polishing, I recommend the last 15 minutes or so of the video showing how the use of hook and loop pads and automotive compounding are the products of choice for the final polishing of cabs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrPel8lHPiA
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