[Rockhounds] Yellow Cat Flat, Utah, recent visit

[Tom Bowers]

I have begun to view my collecting in a different light over the last several years as our family has grown by two grandsons.  While my daughters were never interested in rocks, fossils, minerals, etc.; my grandsons show early signs of being very interested in "hunting rocks with Grandpa".  When I collect now, I can't help but think what rock hunting will be like for their generation (just think about what it's like now compared to the 1950's for example).  That makes me much more selective in what I take home and much more apt to leave a lot of material for someone's children and grandchildren to enjoy hunting in the future.  Of course, that only works if other collectors adopt the same attitude.  But then I figure that, while I can't control others collecting habits, I can control mine.  So that's what I've done.
 
Hoping that my grandsons get to enjoy field tripping as much as I've been able to do,
 
Grandpa

--- On Thu, 4/23/09, daughtofking64 at yahoo.com <daughtofking64 at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: daughtofking64 at yahoo.com <daughtofking64 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Yellow Cat Flat, Utah, recent visit
To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 6:47 PM


I wish my husband would realize what you have Jay. That there is no need to take more than you will ever get to in a life time. My husband has buckets and buckets of Jasper, Petrified wood and Geodes. I love to go on our treasure hunts but feel as though we should be more picky with our take homes. It is one of our routine arguments...."Get some of these rocks cleared out!" 
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From: Jay Bates <jaybates at rcn.com>

Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:25:10 
To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors<rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Yellow Cat Flat, Utah, recent visit


Hi Bob,

I only need one and I will leave the rest for those that follow. I have 
collected many things and I no longer see the sense collecting more than 
one that I am only going to display. Check out Puff:

http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/mcrocks/vpost?id=3439027&pid=33237961#post33237961
Jay
Bob Loeffler wrote:
> Hi Jay,
>
> I bet there is more there, but you have to dig it up instead of just the
> easy surface collecting we have been accustomed to at that location.
>
> Yes, it is very beautiful material.  I'm not a big agate hound, but I love
> how it is a pseudomorph of barite crystals/clusters.  Some of the blobs
> looks like they could be any other kind of rock, but some of them (like the
> pictures on the website) have obvious barite crystal structure, although
> they have been weathered.
>
> Can we see a picture of the "blow fish" agate?   :-)
>
> Hey Alan, nice scenic pictures!  I hadn't gotten up as high as you so I
> didn't see the area from that perspective yet.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of Jay Bates
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:26 AM
> To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Yellow Cat Flat, Utah, recent visit
>
> Bob, when I was there last fall almost all the agate after barite was 
> gone. Someone or maybe many someones had cleaned it all out. Beside a 
> few scraps I only found one nice piece of red agate wood there.  I was 
> aware of your trip report before I went and I am sure so were others. 
> This area has become very well known after the article in Rock and Gem 
> and the spectacular pictures of Yellow Cat wood in that recent book 
> published on petrified woods. Those pictures in that book really opened 
> some eyes about how spectacular Yellow Cat wood can be and many have 
> made the trip. I see your bunny rabbit also. Mine looks like a blow 
> fish. Jay
>
> Bob Loeffler wrote:
>   
>> Hi Alan and list,
>>
>> Our club has gone there the last three years and we found tons of the red
>> agate after barite in 2007.  I wasn't on the trip last summer.  Here are
>> some of the pictures. Each trip has a few pages of pictures:
>>
>> 2008 trip: no pictures
>>
>> 2007 trip: http://www.peaktopeak.com/njeffco/2007/yellowcat/yc07_1.php
>> The agate after barite specimen in the 4th picture on page 2 reminds me of
>>     
> a
>   
>> bunny rabbit laying on his back with its head facing to the left and all
>>     
> of
>   
>> his arms/legs sticking up a little.  Anyone else see it, or is that just
>>     
> my
>   
>> brain going crazy?
>>
>>
>>     
>>   
>>     
>
>   

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