animated gifs I made of rock specimens

Animated gif I made of a jasper conglomerate specimen I found in Wyoming.

 

Animated gif I made of a specimen composted of agate, chert and jasper that I found in Wyoming.

The agate is a holly blue or periwinkle blue or a cornflower blue color.

Some rocks in my collection

Multicolored jasper found south of Wind River Canyon, Wyoming

The vivid colors in this jasper are splendid to behold!

This piece of multicolored jasper is polished by the wind and sand of the desert.

Chert speckled with blue agate found by Ten Sleep, Wyoming

More of that multicolored jasper found south of Wind River Canyon, Wyoming

 

This is banded ironstone found south of Wind River Canyon, Wyoming.  This specimen has a large amount of hematite and iron in it, and it is very heavy.  The wind and sand has polished part of the stone.

 

Multicolored jasper with red veins found south of Wind River Canyon, Wyoming

Unakite (or Epidote) found in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming

 

Banded ironstone found south of Wind River Canyon, Wyoming

 

 

Multicolored jasper

 

 

Multicolored jasper

 

 

Jasper conglomerate

Greenish yellow Aventurine found south of Wind River Canyon, Wyoming

Jasper conglomerate

 

Round stone found in Hot Springs County, Wyoming

 

Found by Powder River, Wyoming

Algate or chalcedony found by Ten Sleep, Wyoming

 

Quartz from the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming

 

 Sandstone Concretions found by Ten Sleep, Wyoming

Rocks found by Ten Sleep, Wyoming by the Bighorn Mountains

This is the area I went rock hunting at last weekend.

This is near the town of Ten Sleep, Wyoming.

What did I find?

Agate.

And some purplish-blue-reddish chert.

You can't find this stuff anywhere on the eastern side of the Bighorn Mountains; thus I make the trip over the mountains to find it.

This stuff is absolutely gorgeous!

This stone is a mixture of agate, chert, etc.!  You can see crystalization on some areas.

The agate in this piece is cloudy.  The red on the exterior is from the red soil I found it at.

Many of these agate specimens appear to have geode qualities.

This is a piece I found in this same area a year ago.  I've been hand-polishing it.

This piece is about 9 inches in length.

This piece has crystalization on the top, with a bubbley interior.  Perhaps the rock was at one time liquid, and then cooled?

The color of the agate in these stones is almost a cornflower or periwinkle blue in color.

This is in my opinion the best specimen I have found in this area.  I found it last year, and it is a sheer delight to behold!

Here is another view of it.

Tomorrow I plan to explore and hope to find more things like this -- stay tuned!

Holly Blue Agate

I find this color agate is called "Holly Blue" agate.
I found this and several other large chunks east of Ten Sleep, Wyoming last weekend lying on the open ground as the road began to climb in elevation. In same vicinity found large chunks of purplish-red flint, large chunks of calcite and some fuchsite.