Dugway Geode Beds

[Mtnman1830]

There was a Geocaching Event held over the weekend, and besides quite a few sparkly rocks, I also have these...





Find one, then start picking away.


This was the biggest haul of the weekend


The Claim




Great bit of history in the area, too.






I will take some pictures of our haul home. Pictures probably won't do justice of the crystals, though.

[rockgremlin]

Curious to see your haul. I've been out there numerous times. My best find was a small geode that had a crystal "scepter" sticking up out of the middle of it. It's a quartz base with a radiating cluster of quartz crystals at the top -- amazing. I can't believe it didn't break when I cracked it open with a hammer!

Rockhounding -- one of the many reasons I'm called the rockgremlin.

[Mtnman1830]

We did break some open while we were there...

Saved a few to have cut as well.

[Cirrus2000]

A couple of days ago, at a rock shop in Springdale, I saw a fellow use a cast iron pipe cutter to split a dugway geode. Much quicker than a saw, easier than a hammer, and did a pretty good job! I was quite impressed.

My boy will be totally impressed by this place - thanks for sharing!

[RugerShooter]

Looks like you had fun down there

[accadacca]

Been there, done that. My Dad was riding motorcycles out that way over the weekend. If you saw some orange flashes go by, that was prolly them.

[JP]

Like the shot of the Pony Express office and its plaque.

[Lunchbox]

I've used an electric tile saw to cut the geodes open before. It makes a great clean cut and is very easy, but it's hard on the blades.