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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: Jesse on April 01, 2016, 01:40:38 PM
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Does that mean you aren't collecting anymore?
How do you know you are done?
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:police:
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Does that mean you aren't collecting anymore?
How do you know you are done?
well, you never know. So maybe I misspoke :santa:
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:trollskull:
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Banded Agate from Brazil and Tiger's Eye.
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:grouphug:
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Agate slices.
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Bi colored Smokey Citrine.
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>:D
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:deadhorse2:
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:santa:
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:cbc:
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My fire agates and star sapphire.
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:GA:
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:roar:
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Smokey Quartz Cluster from Colorado.
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Smokey Quartz cluster from Colorado.
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Septarian.
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200 ct Smokey Quartz in a pendent.
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Whoops. How'd this get in there? :green:
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Doubly terminated SQ from Colorado.
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Wow dude. There is a lot there
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Thanks Al. Let me tell you it was a absolute nightmare to put together, didn't really eat for atleast 4 or 5 years properly. I've spent about, 3 or 4 grand on it
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Awesome collection Jesse. :plus:
That guy on the roof of the car, is that your cleaner, dusting the collection on a daily basis? :laugh:
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Nice. Welcome back. The little curly pieces. Are those fossils?
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Awesome collection Jesse. :plus:
That guy on the roof of the car, is that your cleaner, dusting the collection on a daily basis? :laugh:
Thank you! Omfg. I wish!
I hope he uses his arse to do it. And I'd let him! :zoinks:
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Nice. Welcome back. The little curly pieces. Are those fossils?
Thank you. Yep, there called Ammolites, from Madagascar
They have a shiller effect in them, otherwise they would be known as Ammonites
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Awesome collection Jesse. :plus:
That guy on the roof of the car, is that your cleaner, dusting the collection on a daily basis? :laugh:
Thank you! Omfg. I wish!
I hope he uses his arse to do it. And I'd let him! :zoinks:
:lol1: :eyebrows:
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OMG JESSE IS BACK!! :GA:
Nice rocks, Jesse. :thumbup:
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I like the fossils!
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At first I thought it was the first couple of pics :I
that's a huge collection
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Beautiful collection!!! :o
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At first I thought it was the first couple of pics :I
that's a huge collection
There is a heap of rocks there. I never realised how extensive it was
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As a rock collector myself.....you never stop looking or digging. I can't go by a rock outcrop without examining it thoroughly, especially if it's part of a pegmatite belt. Mountain streams or rocky beaches are also great places to look. 8)
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It's great to see you Jesse. And your rock collection is awesome. :)
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OMG JESSE IS BACK!! :GA:
Nice rocks, Jesse. :thumbup:
They're minerals! Jesus Christ, Gary!
(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/500x/30482816.jpg)
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(http://cdn.funnyisms.com/5c39d404-7b14-49b5-af0a-5ff50205fef9.jpg)
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Are you still living in Weed?? I might be passing that way at the end of the month.
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Thank you everyone. Rockhound I agree, I've been a lazy bugger these last years otherwise I'd do the same. My last adventure was in Oatman, Az looking for Fire Agate. I had a blast, now that I'm not buying them anymore I'm gonna make more of an effort to get out there.
CBC I believe Minerals are rocks with a crystalline structure. So it's not entirely wrong to call it a rock collection, since they aren't all crystals. :zoinks:
I would say my most valuable pieces are some cut gemstones, I have a 28.23 ct Moldavite from Radomilice, Czech Republic. Two very beautiful Nephrite Jade carvings, both green like spinach. And let's see, some others.
I'm very proud of myself. lol
I don't live in weed, I live in Mt. Shasta City. However I'm a recluse
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I don't live in weed, I live in Mt. Shasta City. However I'm a recluse
So you wouldn't be down to share a beer or two??
You're right along I-5 which is the way I'm taking back from Santa Barbara County to just north of Bend, in Redmond, where I live now.
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CBC I believe Minerals are rocks with a crystalline structure. So it's not entirely wrong to call it a rock collection, since they aren't all crystals. :zoinks:
Actually, minerals are the solid molecules that rocks are made from (feldspars, quartz, micas, pyroxene, amphibole, clay minerals, dolomite, calcite, etc...)
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Here is one of my Jade Buddha's. The Jade is from Canada, :green:
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Here's some of my faceted gems. First up, a 52 ct deep Siberian grade color amethyst from Uruguay.
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Next is a Drop form Moldavite from Chulm Nad Malsi, Czech Republic.
And faceted Moldavite from Radomilice.
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72 ct White Star Sapphire. (All natural) no treatments
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Love Amethyst, Amber sound several pieces at an old mine in the White Mountains of NH. (pegmatite belt area) I found a clear faceted fragment of quartz with an amethyst "cloud" in it. Amber made it into a man pendant for me, in it's natural form! 8)
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that moldavite is awesome.
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Totally in love with that drop of moldavite. The cut one doesn't do it for me, but that natural form is magnificent.
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Moldavite is one of Amber's favorite acquisition's.
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Jesse, I'm bumping your rock thread. :zoinks:
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So you have, :zoinks:
I'll have to resize the pictures of all my new stuff.
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6 pointed star garnet
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Grape agate from Indoneasia
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Chevron Amethyst
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Andalusite cross
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Faceted Epidote from Pakistan
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Iolite from Tanzania, 5 cts
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:plus: Sorry I can't really plus you.
I really like that green one. You didn't say what it is. :orly:
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It's Variscite, Thank you! :grouphug:
this is Topaz
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These are gorgeous. How did I never notice this thread before.
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Herkimer Diamond in matrix
Thank you Pyraxis! It's been a hobby of mine for a while now, :)
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Another Grape agate
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Another Herk I got
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Heres a fire opal necklace I got also :laugh:
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Another Iolite I got
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Here's one more of the Variscite, probably my favorite.
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Nice pieces!
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Thanks so much Rock hound
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Awesome rocks, Jesse.
I'm not a collector (and you just confirmed my suspicion that i could never afford to be acollector :LOL:) but have always been drawn to pretty/interesting stones
Amazing how much the grape agate actually looks like a bunch of grapes!
Nice bump, Gopher! :plus:
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Yeah the Grape Agate is super cool, it's one of my favorites. It really does look like grapes! It's a pretty unusual formation of Chalcedony some people think it is Amethyst but I'm not convinced. You'd be surprised man you can afford stuff like that, I bought both those Grape agates for around $32. Just gotta have a good eye and a little bit of knowledge. Lots of fake stuff out there
Here is a 9.5 ct Black star sapphire
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Here is "Blue Amber" from Indonesia
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Here is a Fossil Fish from Wyoming
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Yeah the Grape Agate is super cool, it's one of my favorites. It really does look like grapes! It's a pretty unusual formation of Chalcedony some people think it is Amethyst but I'm not convinced. You'd be surprised man you can afford stuff like that, I bought both those Grape agates for around $32. Just gotta have a good eye and a little bit of knowledge. Lots of fake stuff out there
It's a bit late to start now. NVM :) I had a few intersting rocks i picked up, as a kid, but they tended to somehow get lost during house moves, along with my books (Mum disapproved of me reading all the time). And as an adult, I've endeavoured to minimise on clutter, especially the sort that serves no actual purpose, just looks really cool. ATM, i'm very glad about that. I've had to chuck away some really useful things such as guest bed and dining table (but not my books) which i'll only have to re-buy if i get a bigger flat (as I very much hope) cos my flat is so tiny. So definitely no room for a rock collection.
The only thing i have is a worked piece of flint that I found when digging in the back garden of my old house. It's almost certainly a neolithic tool, looks like a hide scraper or something like that .
They're really common round here, nothing special, but it's special when you've found it yourself isn't it :) so i'm pretty attached to it.
I'd take a photo, but I've mislaid my camera, as usual.
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Interestingly enough I only have a 1 genuine Arrowhead form Missouri and a Fake one from Peru that was made for the tourist market. Real arrowheads and artifacts are pretty expensive, I'd like to get a framed collection of a group of them but thats gonna set me back at least 300 or more dollars. really good ones are like 600 bucks
I tend to move a lot so I know exactly what it's like to leave some behind, :laugh:
I probably will never quit but at some point I need too. Sometimes I have buyers remorse and guilt like, I'm all "Why did I buy all this crap?" :laugh:
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Beautiful Jesse. :o
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Interestingly enough I only have a 1 genuine Arrowhead form Missouri and a Fake one from Peru that was made for the tourist market. Real arrowheads and artifacts are pretty expensive, I'd like to get a framed collection of a group of them but thats gonna set me back at least 300 or more dollars. really good ones are like 600 bucks
by contrast, you can buy english flint scrapers and such for a song on ebay. By the dozen, even. Might be better if they stayed in situ to avoid confusing future Archaologists, eh? I thought of leaving mine in situ, but what the heck, it's a drop in the oceon.
I forgot to say, i do have one more rock: a piece of marble (i think) shaped into a pyramid, for use as a paperweight (so not entirely useless, eh? :LOL:). It's special because my (late) Dad bought it for me as a birthday present. My Dad never bought anyone a birthday present; he left all that to Mum; but as soon as he saw this thing he thought of me, and just had to buy it for me. And now . whenever I look at it, i think of Dad of course. And smile.
Btw, I like the "blue amber" but , err, it's actually pink isn't it? :S
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I have found some cool stuff over the years. One of my prizes is a small ammonite fossil that I found in the creek bed of my inlaws place in upstate NY.
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I have found some cool stuff over the years. One of my prizes is a small ammonite fossil that I found in the creek bed of my inlaws place in upstate NY.
I had tons of fossils I think my mom just threw out in the garden when we moved from upstate NY.
Every other rock I picked up was a fossil of some sort up there. I used to come in the house with pocketfuls of rocks almost every day.
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Walkie, It looks Blue out in the Sun. It absorbs UV light and looks totally Blue but behind direct light is Red. It's super cool, :laugh:
I'll have to check out those scrapers in situ. sounds interesting
IceQueen, Thank you!
Rockhound those are my favorite, actually really love ammolites.
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I have found some cool stuff over the years. One of my prizes is a small ammonite fossil that I found in the creek bed of my inlaws place in upstate NY.
I had tons of fossils I think my mom just threw out in the garden when we moved from upstate NY.
Every other rock I picked up was a fossil of some sort up there. I used to come in the house with pocketfuls of rocks almost every day.
I did find a lot of clam fossils in the area of Cooperstown. And there were a lot of intriguing fragments of other fossils that I had. When I was in New Mexico I found some nice stuff like a fragment of petrified wood in in volcanic flow debris near Santa Fe. My adopted Canadian inlaws in Alberta Canada had a ton of dinosaur fossils that they found in the nearby badlands of Drumheller. I brought a few fragments of bone back with me that they said I could have. They even had a piece of fossilized Dinosaur skin. 8)
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Nice! I much rather fancy fossils, my best one well I have 2 really is a Large Ammolite and a Pink Limb cast (Petrified wood) from Nevada. It's totally Pink Chalcedony replaced the wood and Gemmy too
I also Love Jade, both Nephrite and Jadeite. Faceted Moldavite, :laugh:
I can't get my hands on enough I tell ya :hitler:
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Amber, my daughter is still hoping that a meteor or pallasite falls her way. There is a rock shop in North Conway, that has one, but, it's not for sale......yet! :'(
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This thread totally rocks, Jesse. :zoinks:
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Thanks to you. :grouphug: :zoinks:
Rockhound - I hope she can get one. I want a pallasite also but they are $$$$$$
I do have a Canyon Diablo Iron Nickle meteorite from AZ, weighs about 286 grams and set me back a few hundred bucks. It will be my only example of a space rock, :laugh:
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What's the story behind your avatar? I really like the colours of that rock.
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It's a Malachite from the Congo. Had it a few years, got it in Mt. Shasta City :)
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Love it. And it's a decent size, too.
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Just got this Golden Rutilated Quartz pendant
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2/3
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3/3
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Looks like Pele's hair in a crystal ball. A fascinating form of fibrous lava. I nearly bought a reticulated quartz skull once, but the price was a little too steep for me at the time.
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Yeah I find anything carved into a skull is way over priced. I try to stay away from them, and Sphere's although I do have a few spheres.
Here is a 5.9 ct Peridot from Pakistan I recently purchased
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Here's a 6.2 ct Peridot from Pakistan as well I also have :bee:
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I so want a peridot! Jesse, you fill me with envy!
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I've got to say, you've got a good collection of rocks, the grapes looking one looks so cool. Where you find this one?
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Oh don't be envious Rockhound. I'm sure you have stuff I don't have, :)
But I love green anything. so I do understand loving Peridot, :laugh:
SBI - Thanks man you can find those in Indonesia they are a relatively new find
Here is a Star Smoky Quartz I own. These are pretty rare https://www.facebook.com/jadeite.tiger.9/videos/392382524721100
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Oh don't be envious Rockhound. I'm sure you have stuff I don't have, :)
But I love green anything. so I do understand loving Peridot, :laugh:
SBI - Thanks man you can find those in Indonesia they are a relatively new find
Here is a Star Smoky Quartz I own. These are pretty rare https://www.facebook.com/jadeite.tiger.9/videos/392382524721100
I doubt that, you are a very serious collector! Me, I am a scrounger and casual collector. Though I must admit, the find of my collection is a hunk of white quartz with red, smoky and citrine crystals all over it. You need a jewelers loop to see them as crystals. I found it on my best friends property laying in the leaf litter and brought it home. The rock in my avatar was found on the shores of the St. Lawrence river seaway. It's water smoothed, deep green in color with black gemmy inclusions also very noticeable under a jewelers loop.
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Nice collection. :thumbup: I pick up stuff when I see it out hiking, at estate sales and I inherited some stuff. When I was a kid the Herkimer Diamond mine was on the list of places we visited every year when we went to New York and I still have some rocks from there being the hoarder I am :green:
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Thank you guys! You'd be surprised Rockhound with a little bit of know how, patience and a few bucks you can have the same look dude.
I just got this Fire Opal from Mexico. 21.33 cts
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and this Dendritic Fire Opal, I think it looks like the Sun w/ Sun spots. 18 cts :laugh:
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Nice!
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and this Dendritic Fire Opal, I think it looks like the Sun w/ Sun spots. 18 cts :laugh:
Wow. :thumbup:
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Thanks you guys. Here is a 13 ct Faceted Sunstone I also got
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Again, NICE!
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This is really a blurry picture (I didn't take it) but I also have this Sunstone Cats eye. 9.53 cts
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Nice. Welcome back. The little curly pieces. Are those fossils?
Thank you. Yep, there called Ammolites, from Madagascar
They have a shiller effect in them, otherwise they would be known as Ammonites
Thanks for this thread, Jesse. Husband prefers to make handmade gifts, but I don't, and holiday gift buying ideas have been growing a bit difficult in recent years. Already have plans for husband's gifts this year, and now ammonites and orthoceras fossils are topping the list of ideas for mine.
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Hey Jesse, do you have any new rocks to share? :orly:
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I don't Gary. Can you believe it? I mostly collect action figures now. Mostly Godzilla and HE MAN at this point
but I do have a few up and video's of what I collected thus far on my Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuzlniMnQ64XVgSxFuAF3Rw
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You could start a thread for your new interest. :orly: Fair warning, I may not be as excited about them. :lol1:
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You totally should.
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Go for it, Jesse!