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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Dec 23, 2012 17:39:33 GMT -5
Here's a few pictures of a batch that finished up today. We are really getting low on tumbling materials so we actually turned off our main tumbler for the first time in over a year now. If anyone can identify the green rocks in this batch that would be great (I was guessing a type of jade but thats a rough guess). hope you enjoy the photos and we wish everyone a safe and happy holiday! whole batch L.S. agates closeup L.S. agates Montana agates Turritella agates Unknown ? And of course a couple pudding stones Thanks for looking chuck
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Post by Jugglerguy on Dec 23, 2012 19:04:55 GMT -5
Nice looking batch, Chuck! I don't know what those green ones are, but it sure is an unusual color. Bryan and I just started a load of pudding stone yesterday. I hope they turn out as good as yours do.
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Post by Dicky the Rockhunter on Dec 23, 2012 19:46:52 GMT -5
I think I have just located a local dig site for up to 12 ft slabs of turritella agate is it worth anything , i like it Dicky
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Dec 23, 2012 21:23:06 GMT -5
The turritella for me has always been hit or miss. The darker more solid stuff is much better for cabbing or tumbling. The browner variety usually falls apart when trying to work with it. That's my opinion anyway. It does attract attention at shows and people that do not know a lot about rocks are always asking about it when they see it.
Chuck
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Post by Mattatya on Dec 25, 2012 5:22:42 GMT -5
Hi Chuck, I'm loving the pudding stone more and more. I heard pudding stone can be found in Washington and if so I'd love to hound for them. It's so unique and confusing to me at the same time lol. Your agate look flawless too. About the green guess. I picked up some WA serpentine at Jerry's Rock & Gem in South Seattle and looks very similar to it. Your picture looks very similar in opaque from the rough I have. I don't have any polished yet. Sent from my SPH-D710 using proboards Attachments:
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Post by Jugglerguy on Dec 25, 2012 15:13:00 GMT -5
Matt, if you can find pudding stone in Washington, it won't be like Chuck's. That's only found in Michigan and maybe a couple other states close by. It would also be in Canada, since glaciers brought it here from that direction. toadisland.tripod.com/drummond/pudding.html
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Dec 25, 2012 15:37:44 GMT -5
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Post by Mattatya on Dec 25, 2012 16:51:58 GMT -5
Last night I did some searching on pudding stone and we may not have it up here. Definitely not anything like what you have. I love the red Jasper colors of what you find. If you ever decide to sell some rough I want to be on the list Thanks for the links. I love reading about where unique stones are specific to a region and how they formed. If we had any type or variation of it it would most likely be on the northern east of WA around the Grand Coulee damn area. From Canada Glaciers carving downward. One time I though we found one on on the basin of Mount Pilchuck in the Stillaguamish river then laughed so hard when we picked it up and it was man made concrete with common stone filler in it. It was next to a bridge that was recently replaced lol. We did find this guy but haven't ID'd it yet. I broke it by accident but will try and slab a couple pieces later. Kind of looks like pudding but these damn rocks still confuse me. I guess that's the fun part of it for me to figure them out. Merry Christmas guy's, Matt Sent from my SPH-D710 using proboards Attachments:
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Post by snuffy on Dec 25, 2012 22:38:55 GMT -5
Nice batch to close the year with! snuffy
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Post by riverrock on Dec 27, 2012 15:44:31 GMT -5
Great shine on those.
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