Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 11, 2009 11:42:33 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Was gonna ride today but it finally rained yesterday, a whole 3 1/2 inches, so it's too darn slippery for the horses. So, today will be a cabbing day. Mostly, I'm working on a big lot of cabs for the my new vibe/rotary experiments. Have ten ready to go so far, but I will finish a few of the more problematic ones on the wheels. This one is a weirdo. Found a guy with some little slab cross sections when I went to the Fredericksburg Gem show. I thought it was pretty cool so I bought all the little slabs he had. Thought it was some kind of strange wood at first but upon closer investigation, it's definitely bone. Only thing is, the guy thought it was of Texas origin like all the rest of his stuff They do have mosasaur bones here and dino tracks so maybe it is Texas bone. Anyway, it cut and polished like a dream and took a mirror finish so I'm not gonna complain. I just free formed it in the approximate shape of the original bone and it measures about 58 X 38 MM Here's the pic and thanks for looking.....Mel
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Post by Toad on Sept 11, 2009 11:51:31 GMT -5
Very interesting cab. I had mostly bad experience with dino bone in the tumbler - probably not silified enough. But looks like you have some good stuff there.
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Post by texaswoodie on Sept 11, 2009 12:26:49 GMT -5
Doesn't look lke any Mosasaur bone I've seen Mel. It could be I suppose but definately not from NE Texas.
Curt
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Post by rockmanken on Sept 11, 2009 12:50:14 GMT -5
Shore is purty. Very unusual looking. Ken
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 11, 2009 12:52:48 GMT -5
Toad: Bone doesn't work up too well in the tumbler so this one I did on the wheels.
Curt: Thanks for the input. That's one of the problems of buying material at shows where the folks are not always too forthcoming regarding origins etc. It's definitely well agatized bone but does not resemble any of the other bone I have, including Canadian dino and whalebone. I really have no clue about if there is silicified dino bone in Texas or not. Have you even seen any? Guess this stuff will remain a mystery....Mel
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Post by tkrueger3 on Sept 11, 2009 13:41:44 GMT -5
I don't know nuttin' about dino bones, but I do know that's a mighty purty cab.
Tom
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Post by Bikerrandy on Sept 11, 2009 17:04:59 GMT -5
That's one cool cab, very different!
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Post by NDK on Sept 11, 2009 18:58:35 GMT -5
Awesome cab Mel. I really like the pattern.
Nate
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Post by frane on Sept 11, 2009 20:58:13 GMT -5
WOW! I really like how that one looks! What do you think the cells filled with? They are so white looking. Sure turned out great! Fran
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 11, 2009 21:26:49 GMT -5
Fran: Each cell is filled with a tiny little blue-white fortification agate. The entire bone, cell wall and all is silica replaced in this instance which is kind of unusual as often the cell walls are made of softer stuff that undercuts......Mel
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Post by stonesthatrock on Sept 11, 2009 21:43:56 GMT -5
that is really nice............. so unusual looking.
mary ann
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Post by rocklicker on Sept 12, 2009 0:25:55 GMT -5
No clue as to what kind of bone but it's real nice! Steve
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Post by johnjsgems on Sept 12, 2009 8:53:38 GMT -5
Mel, years ago we went to Woodward ranch on our way to Miami and collected (December, I think). When Trey Woodward saw how crazy we are he told us to make arrangements to come back later in the year to collect on their place in the Big Bend country for dino bone. Never saw any or made it back but he said it was there. Nice cab.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 12, 2009 11:43:45 GMT -5
Wow John, that's interesting. I've been down that way for agate and some wood but had no idea there was bone there too. Neat to know there apparently is Texas bone and if anyone would know it would be the Woodwards because they've really hunted that region for a long time.....Mel
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Post by docharber on Sept 12, 2009 18:02:05 GMT -5
I wonder if the reason it looks this way is becasue of what part of the bone it came from. The cells here are more rounded and the cell walls thicker than usual. This could just be from the condyle of a bone (the rounded ends of the bone). Mark H.
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 12, 2009 19:23:44 GMT -5
Mark: That very well could be the case because the original slabs are from a very rounded hunk of bone....Mel
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Post by beefjello on Sept 12, 2009 19:34:55 GMT -5
Very cool cab Mel! It reminds me of this unknown slab I picked up at the Black Canyon show last year
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Post by akansan on Sept 13, 2009 8:22:53 GMT -5
I was going to say the same thing, Beef: (I need to get a better picture of this slab!)
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 13, 2009 8:27:09 GMT -5
Holy smokes Brian! My slabs are more rounded and have less brown area between the cells but otherwise, I'd say it's definitely the same material. Too bad your dealer didn't know the identity or origin either. Seeing yours makes me think more of wood again but I stacked my four parallel slabs on one another and the exterior pattern does resemble bone....Mel
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Post by johnjsgems on Sept 13, 2009 8:44:17 GMT -5
Mel, I think Woodward said it was 100 miles South of the ranch (near the border?) on either a claim or another property his dad acquired. He talked of dragging jeeps and horse trailers there when a child and camping. He wanted to organize group trips to justify leaving the ranch for a"few days".
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