Findings on a recent 'rock walk'

 

More agates +

If there is such a thing as a rock hunters heaven this would have been it for me.

We found every shade of red and several shades of blue, yellow and white, pink and gray, multicolored and a bunch of agates, translucent and banded. We found something that looks like blood jasper and mosses. You see the round stones we found in the top left corner. we also picked up petrified pieces and clear quartz crystal.

 These rocks are wet to show better color; but it also makes them appear a deeper blue than they actually are. But we had never before found so many blueish rocks. I found the biggest piece under foot after noticing bluish chips that probably got chipped when the bulldozer rumbled over it. I think I know now how it feels to find gold. Only recently we picked up what was the first deep blue we had ever seen, but either we have now developed an eye for blue, or we have found a source. Let's hope we can snatch some more of these before they are destined to be compacted into a road somewhere. :(

 

 If I can see right, this here is a nine lb. yellow jasper mixed with white. I was not just a little excited to dig this monster out of the ground. I do not know what the inside will look like but all the chips reveal yellow.

I hope you enjoyed the photos! And please feel free to comment or if you have any more names for my rocks that I should know about please share! 

Mottled Jaspers, banded, striped Agates

 

  When I was younger I dreamed of finding gold. I do not think Belize has much in the way of gold, (although there is some in the south,) But I have come to realize we are practically sitting on a jasper/agate mine around here. These rocks have all been found broken in their natural state. We have pinks, reds, purples, striped, mottled, banded, moss, and pretty much you name it. Perhaps one day we will have a market for these gemstones.

Red mottled jasper or agate

Here are two rocks we split open. A good surprise for sure.

Pine Ridge Rock

More cut agates

For a while I had wanted to get more rocks cut and finally got around to it again.

It is always fun to guess which rocks will turn out beautiful on the inside. This time I was not disappointed.
The biggest rock on the left is 6 1/2 inches.

I have noticed something similar in most of the rocks I have cut. See the circle designs on the surface? Very often rocks that have that on the outside are beautiful on the inside. This is one clue that a rock might be banded or another color. I have a few that are pink inside that have the circles on the outside.

Pine ridge rock

Beautiful Broken Agates & Jaspers

There is nothing quite like walking along a recently graded and compacted road if you want to find broken rocks. These recently found pieces will be added to my to-be-polished rock pile, for when I own a rock tumbler. 

 Some rocks I wet to show color better.

 

 

 I did not know this country had so much in the way of pink rocks, but we found no shortage of them lately.

 

 

Pine ridge rock