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| Both polished and unpolished Sweetwater agates found in the northern Granite Mountains recovered by Wayne Sutherland and the GemHunter. |
To this day, it is a mystery!
Some years ago, my field assistant and I were driving along the northern edge of the Granite Mountains in central Wyoming, on a poorly used two-track trail that looked as if the last person to use it was Ward Bond with his Wagon Train. Wayne and I had been drinking coffee all morning, and made a pit stop. We climbed out of the off-road truck rented from the University of Wyoming (we were working on a gemstone project for the Wyoming Geological Survey) and decided to water down some sagebrush. I looked down, and saw a Sweetwater agate!
Some years ago, my field assistant and I were driving along the northern edge of the Granite Mountains in central Wyoming, on a poorly used two-track trail that looked as if the last person to use it was Ward Bond with his Wagon Train. Wayne and I had been drinking coffee all morning, and made a pit stop. We climbed out of the off-road truck rented from the University of Wyoming (we were working on a gemstone project for the Wyoming Geological Survey) and decided to water down some sagebrush. I looked down, and saw a Sweetwater agate!
Wow, as I looked closer, there were more and more and more. But what was so unusual about these gems is that more than half of the treasure had been tumbled in a rock tumbler and dumped here in the middle of no where! I kid you not, Ward Bond had seen better roads than this one.
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| Mysterious Agates |
Not to long after we found these, I explored and identified the Cedar Rim opal field, where I found some of the source rocks of Sweetwater agates along the northwestern flank of the Granite Mountains.
What a mystery, but it is just one of many such geology mysteries in Wyoming.
What a mystery, but it is just one of many such geology mysteries in Wyoming.
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| Some of the beautiful agates (and obsidian) found in the northern Granite Mountains of Wyoming by Wayne and myself. So, what does the Bible say about Agate?? |
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| The Granite Mountains location in central Wyoming |
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| Polished Sweetwater agate found on very old abandoned wagon trail in the Granite Mountains. |
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| Beautiful Sweetwater agate from the Granite Mountains, found along an abandoned wagon trail last used by Ward Bond. |
