@svgalapagos.bsky.social
Sailor, Traveler, Rock Nerd, therapist, artist-in-spirit. Deeply disappointed in my country, I seek solace in nature, my family, my work, the sea, and, most definitely, my rocks. Follow me for zero politics. We all need a place of rest so we can carry on
Some of yesterday’s finds. I can’t wait to cut that crazy lacy one! Now trying to limit myself to those I can easily pick up with one hand. So. Hard.
May 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Some of yesterday’s finds. I can’t wait to cut that crazy lacy one! Now trying to limit myself to those I can easily pick up with one hand. So. Hard.
They have the most beautiful rhyolite here on the Baja peninsula. So many colors and even different forms. I think some of this is known as wonderstone, but I call them Picasso Stones. #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #geology
May 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
They have the most beautiful rhyolite here on the Baja peninsula. So many colors and even different forms. I think some of this is known as wonderstone, but I call them Picasso Stones. #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #geology
May 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Wait! Could those be rhyolite spires over there? I need to go to that little beach next to them. “ It did not disappoint. Volcanic breccia held in an agate matrix? Yes, please. #rockhounds #rockhoundingadventures #volcanics
May 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“Wait! Could those be rhyolite spires over there? I need to go to that little beach next to them. “ It did not disappoint. Volcanic breccia held in an agate matrix? Yes, please. #rockhounds #rockhoundingadventures #volcanics
facts: soft. most layers scratched with old copper nail, those that didn't scratched with steel. Translucent. Reacts to household vinegar. Calcium based? Possibly not all layers react, hard to tell. Under UV flashlight (the cheap kind), rocks glow orange, green, purple. Baja California Sur.
May 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
facts: soft. most layers scratched with old copper nail, those that didn't scratched with steel. Translucent. Reacts to household vinegar. Calcium based? Possibly not all layers react, hard to tell. Under UV flashlight (the cheap kind), rocks glow orange, green, purple. Baja California Sur.
What's this? Facts: found in limited area in erosion side of hill in area of ancient volcanoes. Rocks break along layers. Made from ancient thermal springs maybe? More facts in comments. #geology #volcanics #rockhounding
May 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What's this? Facts: found in limited area in erosion side of hill in area of ancient volcanoes. Rocks break along layers. Made from ancient thermal springs maybe? More facts in comments. #geology #volcanics #rockhounding
Bucket list bingo. Also found one I think is a short finned mako shark in the same area. This one looks to he from an ancient white shark. Still so sharp! What a day. #fossils
April 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Bucket list bingo. Also found one I think is a short finned mako shark in the same area. This one looks to he from an ancient white shark. Still so sharp! What a day. #fossils
I took a complete social media and news break bit there was no break from rockhounding or studying the geomorphology of Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. #rockhounding # geology
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I took a complete social media and news break bit there was no break from rockhounding or studying the geomorphology of Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. #rockhounding # geology
Came back from our Chihuahua trip with a full heart, backpacks full of specimens, and a whopping case of covid. Note: train porters do not understand the rock collector and her heavy bags, which she does not want them touching. #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures
March 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Came back from our Chihuahua trip with a full heart, backpacks full of specimens, and a whopping case of covid. Note: train porters do not understand the rock collector and her heavy bags, which she does not want them touching. #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures
So sad to be leaving this beautiful place today. I could stay a lot longer. Here are a few specimens coming home with me. Chihuahua region of Mexico #rockhounds #rockhoundingadventures #agate #chalcedony #lapidary
March 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So sad to be leaving this beautiful place today. I could stay a lot longer. Here are a few specimens coming home with me. Chihuahua region of Mexico #rockhounds #rockhoundingadventures #agate #chalcedony #lapidary
Welp. I have determined that I am not good at making choices. That blue. #rockhound #Rockhoundingadventure#chalcedony
March 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Welp. I have determined that I am not good at making choices. That blue. #rockhound #Rockhoundingadventure#chalcedony
Guy, how do you handle it when you are visiting a place and there are too many beautiful rocks? I am needing another bag. But no stores anywhere near here. This problem will be solved. #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #agate
March 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Guy, how do you handle it when you are visiting a place and there are too many beautiful rocks? I am needing another bag. But no stores anywhere near here. This problem will be solved. #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #agate
Whoops. I am supposed to be traveling light. I guess not, though. State of Chihuahua, MX does not disappoint. #rockhound #rockhoundadventures #agates
March 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Whoops. I am supposed to be traveling light. I guess not, though. State of Chihuahua, MX does not disappoint. #rockhound #rockhoundadventures #agates
Staying at an ecolodge, basically like an old bunk house, near Cerocahui. Take a look at this rock formation they have named Yogi Bear. Sea level to about 6000 feet. Brrrrrr #Rockhounds
March 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Staying at an ecolodge, basically like an old bunk house, near Cerocahui. Take a look at this rock formation they have named Yogi Bear. Sea level to about 6000 feet. Brrrrrr #Rockhounds
I will see your Pelagic cormorant and raise you this Double Crested cormorant as seen scoping out our boat in Mexico. Cormorants are pretty neat birds, flying, as they do, both above and below the water.
March 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I will see your Pelagic cormorant and raise you this Double Crested cormorant as seen scoping out our boat in Mexico. Cormorants are pretty neat birds, flying, as they do, both above and below the water.
Still not in a place with good rocks. So, more birds, please. A couple new for my Exotic Bird Bingo card. Some old friends. Soon a trip to Copper Canyon here in MX. BIG ROCKS! #Birdsoftheworld #Birds #Wildlife
March 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Still not in a place with good rocks. So, more birds, please. A couple new for my Exotic Bird Bingo card. Some old friends. Soon a trip to Copper Canyon here in MX. BIG ROCKS! #Birdsoftheworld #Birds #Wildlife
Two things: birds in mid-air and bird faces. If I catch them in mid-air can I borrow a part of their soul that flies? I don't know. I just love seeing it. I submit these Mexico birds in mid air. Note: two Blue Footed Boobies who are parallel as they hit the water. #Birdsoftheworld #birds
February 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Two things: birds in mid-air and bird faces. If I catch them in mid-air can I borrow a part of their soul that flies? I don't know. I just love seeing it. I submit these Mexico birds in mid air. Note: two Blue Footed Boobies who are parallel as they hit the water. #Birdsoftheworld #birds
Here's more birds of Mexico. Some Black Vultures, White Ibis, another Reddish Egret and I can't get enough of the national bird of Mexico, the Crested Caracara. They are gorgeous. #Birdsoftheworld #birds #wildlife
February 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Here's more birds of Mexico. Some Black Vultures, White Ibis, another Reddish Egret and I can't get enough of the national bird of Mexico, the Crested Caracara. They are gorgeous. #Birdsoftheworld #birds #wildlife
There are no rocks to collect here in the bay in Topolobampo. Just a ton of very cool birds for my Exotic Bird Bingo card. We think the Crested Caracaras have a nest in the cactus and the Reddish Egret is clearly having a bad hair day. #birds #sailing #wildlife #birdsoftheworld
February 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
There are no rocks to collect here in the bay in Topolobampo. Just a ton of very cool birds for my Exotic Bird Bingo card. We think the Crested Caracaras have a nest in the cactus and the Reddish Egret is clearly having a bad hair day. #birds #sailing #wildlife #birdsoftheworld
Just had to post this beautiful rock found in the tide pools near Mazatlan. Just gorgeous colors, all pinks, blues,greens. Weighed about 25 pounds so it’s still there. And a mushroom pink sandstone. #rockhound #geology #rockhoundingadventures
February 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Just had to post this beautiful rock found in the tide pools near Mazatlan. Just gorgeous colors, all pinks, blues,greens. Weighed about 25 pounds so it’s still there. And a mushroom pink sandstone. #rockhound #geology #rockhoundingadventures
Best guess is banded rhyolite with veins of agate. Iron staining on the outside prevents seeing its true colors but based on other material i think it would be grey and red. I left this one but it was fun finding it. #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #volcanics
February 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Best guess is banded rhyolite with veins of agate. Iron staining on the outside prevents seeing its true colors but based on other material i think it would be grey and red. I left this one but it was fun finding it. #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #volcanics
More from the Mazatlan area. I am trying to get better about choosing the best ones. It’s hard. So many agates on one of the beaches. Beautiful banded rhyolite on another #geoogy #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #agate #volcanics #sailing
February 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
More from the Mazatlan area. I am trying to get better about choosing the best ones. It’s hard. So many agates on one of the beaches. Beautiful banded rhyolite on another #geoogy #rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #agate #volcanics #sailing
I’ve been focused on rock collecting the beaches around Mazatlan. Holy toledo! I can post only four photos but there is always tomorrow. And the next day. #rockhounding #rockhounds #agates #volcanics #sailing #rockhoundingadventures
February 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I’ve been focused on rock collecting the beaches around Mazatlan. Holy toledo! I can post only four photos but there is always tomorrow. And the next day. #rockhounding #rockhounds #agates #volcanics #sailing #rockhoundingadventures
Rhyolite, how do you make your coats of many colors? You are explosive in design and sport the colors of Mexico shamelessly. Rhyolites of Mazatlan. Impossible to love just one. #Rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #sailing #lapidary #volcanics Rhy
February 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Rhyolite, how do you make your coats of many colors? You are explosive in design and sport the colors of Mexico shamelessly. Rhyolites of Mazatlan. Impossible to love just one. #Rockhound #rockhoundingadventures #sailing #lapidary #volcanics Rhy