http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/ This list is open to anyone. It serves the global COMMUNITY of people who love ROCKS / MINERALS / GEMS / PROSPECTING / CLUBS / Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:10:18 GMT hopefulmee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6899 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6899 Hello! I am so excited about starting to collect rocks! I spent the weekend in Traverse City, MI for the holiday and I am official addicted to rockhounding! Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:09:54 GMT sdttds@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6898 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6898 Hi all, My (8 year-old) son and I are going to vacation in Mendocino next month, and I thought I'd solicit some advice on where to collect.  I've read K&K's Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:09:52 GMT Eric Bonzell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6897 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6897 I would also be interested in any local (Folsom, etc.) information. I live in the Sacramento area and have just rekindled my enthusiasm for rockhounding. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:09:34 GMT Krissa Klein http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6896 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6896 Don't forget the Laytonville Quarry (12 miles N of Willits), lots of stuff to find there (and completely legal to collect). There aren't any coastal sites for Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:09:33 GMT stephan dillard-telm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6895 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6895 Thanks Krissa,  I had not seen that post, just the ones about Point Arena and Lake Mendocino.  Now to narrow it down to one or two inland sites (this time -- Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:09:19 GMT onyxcollector http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6894 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6894 Ten inch saw for sale, sliding vice, all steel, will last forever, runs good, needs new blade, $160. Located on Highway 178 between Ridgecrest and Bakersfield, Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:08:23 GMT Brad B http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6893 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6893 RICK,  YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER RICHARDSONS ROCK RANCH NEAR MADRAS ORE. FOR THUNDEREGGS AND GLASS BUTTES  FOR MANY TYPES OF OBSIDIAN. ... From: email4rick Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:08:04 GMT Ben Hyman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6892 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6892 I was in Fallon NV in 1999 on a gem hunting safari with Chris Rose, the owner of the Spectrum Sunstone Mine in OR and one of the owners of the Himalaya Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:44:17 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6891 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6891 Rockhounds Group Rules 1. Have fun and learn something new! 2. All messages and pictures are approved by the moderator. 3. Posts should pertain to rocks, Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:19:01 GMT email4rick http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6890 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6890 Hello Everyone, My name is Rick Olson and I'm leading a trip in August from here in Seattle down to Davis creek California for obsidian, then to Fallon Nevada Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:18:49 GMT James Dick http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6889 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6889 Hi All. Well, after 3 years of failed plans (rain & such) to get to AR to dig crystals, We FINALLY made it this past weekend. I read what ya'all had to say Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:05:02 GMT Kreigh Tomaszewski http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6888 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6888 Hi Gene, Just for fun I did a search on "Michael Sternberg (Washington State)" and got a hit on this page http://www.dinosaur.org/statedino.htm The Sort of Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:19:44 GMT Tom Corson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6887 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6887 Fellow collectors, The focus of this update is "Large"! The new specimens consist of many which are cabinet and large cabinet sized, several of which are Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:18:48 GMT Gene Hartstein - Fossilnut.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6886 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6886 I want to get in touch with Michael Sternberg (Washington State). If someone has his current e-mail could they please contact me off list. Gene Hartstein Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:17:52 GMT Steve Owen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6885 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockhounds/message/6885 Letting everyone know that the PRINT version of Shorty's Not So Lost Mines and Treasures of Southern Oregon is now available at Shorty's Book