Petrified wood was this year's theme along with volcanism which is often the geologic context in which it forms. |
Arborvitae thuja from Oregon and about 31 million years old (Lower Oligocene). |
The Santa Lucia Rockhound's very own Rock Mafia Dons (Harrington & Pierce) won again this year for best display case. |
Santa Lucia Rockhound Bret Weathersbee's case was filled with my favorite collection of things this year. |
Templeton biconoids and petrified whale verts. |
More biconoids and colorful Franciscan Melange jasper and cherts from Weathersbee. |
The creme of Weathersbee's crop: quartz geode in core of this petrified whale bone. |
Santa Lucia Rockhound Aaron Miller's shark's tooth and marine mammal bone bed case. |
Santa Lucia Rockhound Mary Caperone's petrified wood and jewelry case. |
Aaron Miller's petrified wood log from Morocco. |
Orcutt Mineral Society member and Santa Lucia Rockhound Wayne Mills' Rock Art - Natural Images case. |
Santa Lucia Rockhound Barbara Bilyeu's volcanic stone case. |
Heinz Dreier's petrified wood case. |
Santa Lucia Rockhound Barbara Bilyeu's thunder egg display case. |
Santa Lucia Junior Rockhound Eva Rodgriquez's borate mineral case. |
Downey Delver Dale Harwood's Moroccan vanadinite case. |
Petrified wood case |
Santa Lucia Rockhounds Mike Judy & Denise Halapoff (the Haludy's) stone tumbling case. |
Santa Lucia Rockhound Lisa King's rockhounding and stone tumbling case. |
Petrified wood case by Doug Moore. |
Petrified wood case by Doug Moore. |
Petrified wood case by Doug Moore. |
Orcutt Mineral Society member Wes Lingerfelt's crystal and petrified wood case. |
Orcutt Mineral Society member Jeannie Lingerfelt's wire wrap pendent case. |
Orcutt Mineral Society members Sylvia and Don Nasholm's stone pendent case. |
Santa Lucia Rockhound Ralph Lawless' napped stone point and blade case. |
Santa Lucia Rockhound Cliff Brewen's sphere case. |
Santa Lucia Rockhound Nick Sherwin's agate slab and stone sculpture case. |
Orcutt Mineral Society member John Von Achen's fossil case. |
Orcutt Mineral Society member John Von Achen's centerpiece specimen of petrified whale bone verts in sequence. |
Petrified wood slab case. |
Petrified wood slab case |
Santa Lucia Rockhound Jim Mills petrified wood case. |
Refugio Beach petrified wood specimens from Jim Mill's case. |
Chuck Eastman's petrified wood slab case. All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved). |
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