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    Posted 7 years ago

    fortapache
    (3422 items)

    Rather badly I fear. I bought this at Calico Ghost Town north of Barstow from the Crack Open Your Own Geode bin. It had a good round shape and was light so I thought it would be a good one. Looked up how to crack open a geode on the web and carefully followed the directions. The result being an intact geode. So I used an axe head and a hammer and got 5 geode pieces. One of the pieces looks like a proper geode. Now that I have cracked my own open I think I will buy the pre cracked ones in the future.

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    Comments

    1. racer4four racer4four, 7 years ago
      Blame the YouTuber!
    2. flashlarue flashlarue, 7 years ago
      They are very fragile. The slightest wrong tap and you have a bag of pieces. Rock saws are always the best solution for opening a geode.
    3. kyratango kyratango, 7 years ago
      Humm... But you had the excitement to do it ;-)) and still a decent bit to display!
    4. fortapache fortapache, 7 years ago
      Thank you very much racer4four. Sadly I didn't quite follow the directions.
    5. fortapache fortapache, 7 years ago
      Thank you very much flashlarue. I decided not to invest in additional equipment for this project.
    6. fortapache fortapache, 7 years ago
      Thank you very much kyratango. There seem to be 3 pieces that are fairly decent.
    7. fortapache fortapache, 7 years ago
      Thank you
      vetraio50
      Newfld
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      Hel1
      TheGateKeeper
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      blunderbuss2
      buckethead
      racer4four
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      kyratango
    8. fortapache fortapache, 7 years ago
      Thank you aura.
    9. Rick55 Rick55, 7 years ago
      Very cool Fort… was it hard? Not the rock the process?
    10. fortapache fortapache, 7 years ago
      Thank you very much Rick. Wasn't hard after I figured out how to do it.
    11. fortapache fortapache, 7 years ago
      Thank you Roycroftbooksfromme1.

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