SWORDFISH PICS
When you come to the high desert you might take home a rainbow.

January 2005  A typical High Desert Sunset
Snow DayJust a little snow...some years.
high desert snow shower
Solid walls of snow showers will stop digging right quick.  Leave now or stick in the mud which won't say good bye. It's 5-9-03 at 2:30. Outside temp 37F with a nice brisk 15 mph wind. There's reasons nobody else lives up here.

Solid walls of water will not stop the rock show.  Snyder's Pow Wow May 2003.Snyders POW WOW 2003 mud walk
Opal vendors
Not a shabby day to pick out some night bright tops cutters.

Treated black super gem halequin sold Super gem Black
Virgin Valley Black Opal
Conk cut longwise treated Super gem twig cab
Blonde conk from Rainbow RidgeBlond Green/Blue Conk
Nevada precious opal limb specimenGreen/Blue Limb specimen
Rind stone, the round limb casings Multicolor "Rind" Opalized layer
Brunette Conk from Bonanza. Opal treated. Wood conk not NOT Dino Bone
Scheelite from The Ashdown MineScheelite $4 pound

Johns good branch from the year he quit the Bonanza.2005 hot blue green wood
Blue Green Red opalized wood The Blue Red flashes

Quartzsite 2007, smaller with just me and no wolves. 2006 Q


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