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Somewhat Heroic posted:Hey! What a cool thread. I have done pretty remedial rock hounding. Out on the original Pony Express trail in the west desert of Utah there is the Dugway Geode beds. I have been twice, and was there just last month! I have a couple of really nice looking ones I have not opened because I want to cut them open properly and not just break open with a hammer. Hey there Dugway buddy! That pony express trail is certainly memorable, I think it lossened a couple of my fillings. Took a drive out there a few weeks ago, and really had trouble finding much of worth that was not already busted open, either by the folks not patient enough to have them sawn or the heavy machine they use to churn up the beds every so often. I live in the Uintas area, and there are tons of areas with neat rocks. I need to source somewhere that can cut large (like small loaf of bread size) specimens.   
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Missed the spring window to head to dugway for geodes, and now it is triple digits out there.
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Jun 20, 2021 02:44
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Made it back out to dugway this fall. Antelope, wild horses, and some decent sized geodes. I need to get a decent rock saw, as I don't want to simply pound them open.
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Oct 28, 2021 12:55
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Lacrosse posted:Check to see if there's a rock and gem club nearby, they usually have a rock shop you can borrow. Or if you join the club members may invite you over to use their equipment. Definitely don't hit geodes or thundereggs with a hammer, they look better cut open. Oh absolutely, it infuriates me to see folks at the pits finding them, and them smashing them with hammers to open.
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Aero737 posted:Here's something for both the biologists and rockhounds. Porcupine Mountains in Upper Peninsula Michigan. The boulder is copper harbor conglomerate which is approximately 1 billion years old. Isn't all matter pretty old?
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