Wendover Plume Agate~

When rockhounding you need to remember there's safety in numbers. Here's a typical letter written by a fellow hound in Utah about one of his gem hunts: >>>Hey, if you are planning a quick trip over to Wendover to make some money or to the Bonneville Salt Flats to see just how fast that old clunker can go, you may want to consider popping over to the mountains just North of Wendover for some fine quality agate. When I went, there were veins, chunks, and chips of agate all around the area I pinned on the map. It was mostly white agate, but I saw red, black, blue, yellow, and even a candy-looking agate (interesting mixture of purple and red).  One of my favorites was a mossy red agate. It is hard to spot at first, but you can tell, with a little polish, it will come out looking pretty nice. My other fascination is any of the botryoidal agate (which I found quite a bit of). I think the little bubbles just look so alien and weird that I want to collect every piece I find. Again, just as the Eureka agate area, I would recommend a high clearance vehicle. Although a lot of the roads in the area are sand/dirt, you will find some outcroppings of rock and deep ruts at times and it makes for a bumpy ride. However, the views of the salt flats are amazing. You might even want to add a hike up to Pilot Peak if you have the time. Directions to North of Wendover Agate are as follows; take..... <<<  Anyway, this rough was collected many years ago from that area and is an old time favorite with distinctive feather plumes of white that really cut beautiful cabs. -WET pic.-(9.4 oz.) no fractures

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