Snakes and Stones

[Lord Sorril]

I'm actually quite shocked. My guess would have been Spider, Black Pastel, but I didn't say anything and planned to just lurk and see what the experts said, since I know very little about identifying genes. I wouldn't have thought of Lesser. Lovely snake, and lovely rocks. The spots of potch remind me somewhat of the Cherry Blossom Agates. That purplish one is particularly interesting.

Yeah, I don't bother to ID ball pythons any longer without at least knowing the lineage...lots of people these days crossing x6 genes and guessing at the outcomes.

Speaking of IDs there are also thousands of types of Agate in the world. I don't try and name those either, as someone from Massachusetts I have no native agates and no frame of reference unless I buy them pre-identified by someone with more XP.

On another topic I am fascinated by the variety of head stamps I run across in my collection. Since different lines have different characteristics and variation abounds...a head stamp hieroglyph record may not be much use for ID for another person. I don't have much time on my hands these days, but, I imagine if I built one it would look something like this:

If anyone has made something similar for their own collection for reference: I would love to see it.