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Post by Peruano on Apr 16, 2013 14:18:27 GMT -5
I finally got around to slabbing this beach stone (agate with rhyolite), that I had originally wanted to call devils toenails. The stone is about the size of a large grapefruit. [/URL] Turns out the rhyolite forms a scene along the bottom of each slab. Here is one a bit larger. Also wanted to see this red petrified wood bought from the rough pile at Jim Grey's Petrified Wood Company in Holbrook recently. At $2 per pound I had a good time for $25. This piece tended to fracture when cut on the other face. Not sure what this is - a beach cobble from the Oregon Coast. It is hard, has some mica included but the yellowish thread like pattern in the greenish matrix is quite unusual in my untrained eye. Another piece. This rather baking potato sized river rock came from the New Mexican Middle Rio Grande alluvium. Jasper? This is probably another beach cobble from Oregon. Thin but sliced in to two pieces it was worth a look. Thanks for looking. I'll be working on improving the photography soon. Tom
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darrad
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Post by darrad on Apr 16, 2013 16:06:11 GMT -5
I really like that wood. Red lightning!
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Post by deb193redux on Apr 16, 2013 16:47:56 GMT -5
striking pattern in red pet wood. are fracture lines visible when dry?
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