Rare Find -- Blue agate and more

I did not expect to find a rock this blue in Belize but we did. Actually my daughter found one piece first when rock-hunting on the gravel road that goes by our house. I was so hoping to find a piece as well as I saw it was broken and although i did not really expect to, to my huge surprise I found a bigger piece of the same rock the next day. It looked grey on the road and we could not see the blue until we took it out of water.

Here are more recent finds. They were all picked up on the same gravel road within about 30 minutes.

 It is great to find rocks on our gravel roads as these stones are often already broken so we can see the color without breaking them open. Until they get paved, that is.

I hope you enjoyed the post!

Pine ridge rock

Stone or Bone? or both...

 The more I look at at this rock the more I think it looks like a piece of bone. I'll be happy if anyone can tell me if it is.

Found in Pine Ridge, Iguana Creek

Variety of jaspers and agates and more

Recently we have gotten more rockhounding done and these photos show some of the results. I have tried to seperate them into the different colors or types of rock they are. If any of these are anything besides plain jasper and agate, please feel free to help me name them. 

(I sincerely appreciate your comments :)

 

Yellows

 Browns.

 Red jasper

  This is a brick red and it looks like jasper to me. A very solid rock.

 Some of these black rocks are opaque, others translucent. 

 Moss agates. I love the "trees".

 A very-close-up.

 This color is not that common. 

 I was very surprised to see the shell fossil in this gorgeous agate.

 Even though small, I see a hint of moss in this pink agate.

 Red and yellow is a common combination.

 This photo does not do justice as these rocks are more pink for real. Hopefully i get the lighting better next time.

 These round rocks are all in their natural state. They are found on our gravel roads among other rough rock.

 I noticed that many of these round rocks have a similar layered design. I would welcome any info on how they were formed.

 Striped agates are abundant around here.

This was one of those fine local agates turned into a necklace. It was a special gift from a friend.

Red Jasper/Agate

The rock picture is a jasper/agate that we found in the Macal River, 2.18 miles from the Western Highway at Santa Elena on the road that goes up the east side of the river towards Cristo Rey. You can see the river from the road, there is a gravel/rock bar that is worth investigating.

This rock pictured was discovered by our Canadian friends. They told me they had made many jewelry pieces from this one rock. Thank you for sharing!

Limestone covered leaf

Years ago my dad used to own some wild country that had a creek on it. In the water we found twigs and leaves encrusted with limestone. It was amazing! Here is a picture of one of those leaves covered entirely in limestone. 

Found close to Los Tambos, Cayo District

Porous Rock

A friend had this rock that looked like a fossil of some sort. My guess was it is limestone because it was not heavy and chipped easily. To me it resembled a tree trunk but other than that I had never seen anything like it and it was a new one to me. 

Found in northern Belize

Need help in identifying these rocks

 
 A friend of mine wanted me to post a picture of his rocks, hoping to get some help in identifying them. (Thank you to John, this blueish rock now has a name. see comment below,)

                                       This one has a naturally very smooth surface.