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Post by Sandy on Aug 24, 2014 7:03:09 GMT -5
These will all scratch glass. The first one seemed to be the hardest. The first two were given to me so I am unsure The third was found in the wash by my home. f
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Post by roy on Aug 24, 2014 9:22:20 GMT -5
no idea but it may help to know the general area that they were collected
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 10:57:16 GMT -5
Yes, it is useful to know where they were found.
That said, at least you did a scratch test! Most do not.
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Post by snowmom on Aug 24, 2014 15:26:34 GMT -5
maybe all jaspers, that last "found in the wash" one is awesome... love breccias.... if I were you I'd go make sure there is none of that left, and check back often! (drooling slightly)
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Post by Sandy on Aug 24, 2014 19:45:19 GMT -5
I live in Santa Clarita, Ca. It is about 50 miles north of Los Angeles. I found that one, and another rock which I think is Mahogony Obsidian (just a guess). I'll take a picture and post shortly. I only went once, but my friend takes his dog to walk there. He said there is a lot of both stones all over there.
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 24, 2014 21:34:31 GMT -5
Dang, I've walked most the length of the Santa Clara River, at least from above Piru to the mouth and I never found anything like that *L* Very cool finds! Obsidian must have been dropped by a rockhound or traded for by a Chumash as the nearest mahogany obsidian is a really far piece from that area.....Mel
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Post by Sandy on Aug 25, 2014 0:27:23 GMT -5
Interesting......I was surprised how nice it was. I didn't even get it wet for the picture. Do you live around here somewhere? Have you been to Acton, supposedly where all the agate is?
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Post by snowmom on Aug 29, 2014 18:48:32 GMT -5
that last is a really pretty obsidian... get back to that wash if you can, from your posts it looks like there be treasures waiting!
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 29, 2014 21:50:52 GMT -5
phone: I used to live in Ojai and worked for the Ventura County AG dept. Used to work a celery mosaic virus survey where we searched the Santa Clara River, Calleguas Creek, Revlon slough and other creek beds for wild celery that might carry the virus. As a result I was on intimate terms with all those streambeds.
Never hunted Acton myself. My buddy Lowell hunted there quite a lot but I found the agate he found there kind of bland. My favorite agate stomping grounds were all on the Mojave, especially the Cady Mountains..Mel
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Post by vugs on Aug 29, 2014 23:12:40 GMT -5
phone: I used to live in Ojai and worked for the Ventura County AG dept. Used to work a celery mosaic virus survey where we searched the Santa Clara River, Calleguas Creek, Revlon slough and other creek beds for wild celery that might carry the virus. As a result I was on intimate terms with all those streambeds. Never hunted Acton myself. My buddy Lowell hunted there quite a lot but I found the agate he found there kind of bland. My favorite agate stomping grounds were all on the Mojave, especially the Cady Mountains..Mel So, Mel.. You're not going to tell us which creek, river, slough was your favorite. I hunt up there from time to time usually in and around Figueroa Mtn. Sandy I hunt Acton and although it's not as good as the Mojave, Cadys, ect. I like it. Along Hubbard Rd you will find lots of agate but there are many homes there now and quite often you'll be on someones property so you'll have to be mindful to avoid that. Some of the land owners aren't friendly. I have had to talk to land owners carrying guns a couple times in that area but if you stay calm they will listen and really just want to know what you're up to.
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 30, 2014 16:38:22 GMT -5
Vugs, Sure I'll tell ya though most the creeks have sanded in over the years. My favorites were Calleguas creek ( Amerind artifacts, jasper and agate), Arroyo Los Posas near Somis ( used to be incredible for artifacts with nodular agates too) and The little creek back of old Adohr Dairy. Graveyard up there used to have pet wood some of which wound up in the creek. Was also a great creek that ran into the Santa Clara River just west of Santa Paula bridge to south mountain road ( jet back fossil shark teeth). Of course South Mountain is lousy with great fossils. Unfortunately, a couple of massive runoff years we had back then, big enough to bury farm equipment, covered much of the gravel beds in these creeks with sand. Don't know how they are now as I retired in 2000.....Mel
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Post by Sandy on Aug 30, 2014 19:41:00 GMT -5
that last is a really pretty obsidian... get back to that wash if you can, from your posts it looks like there be treasures waiting! Yep, can't wait. The weather has been exceptionally warm as of late, so hopefully I was thinking next month, but that's Monday.
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Post by Sandy on Aug 30, 2014 19:44:25 GMT -5
phone: I used to live in Ojai and worked for the Ventura County AG dept. Used to work a celery mosaic virus survey where we searched the Santa Clara River, Calleguas Creek, Revlon slough and other creek beds for wild celery that might carry the virus. As a result I was on intimate terms with all those streambeds. Never hunted Acton myself. My buddy Lowell hunted there quite a lot but I found the agate he found there kind of bland. My favorite agate stomping grounds were all on the Mojave, especially the Cady Mountains..Mel So, Mel.. You're not going to tell us which creek, river, slough was your favorite. I hunt up there from time to time usually in and around Figueroa Mtn. Sandy I hunt Acton and although it's not as good as the Mojave, Cadys, ect. I like it. Along Hubbard Rd you will find lots of agate but there are many homes there now and quite often you'll be on someones property so you'll have to be mindful to avoid that. Some of the land owners aren't friendly. I have had to talk to land owners carrying guns a couple times in that area but if you stay calm they will listen and really just want to know what you're up to. Acton is only about 15 minutes away, so I'll be going up there. I am partial to Green Moss Agate, but like them all. I want to be able to collect and tumble my own. Who knows what treasures I may find. Really appreciate the info. Thanks a bunch.
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Post by Sandy on Aug 30, 2014 19:47:23 GMT -5
phone: I used to live in Ojai and worked for the Ventura County AG dept. Used to work a celery mosaic virus survey where we searched the Santa Clara River, Calleguas Creek, Revlon slough and other creek beds for wild celery that might carry the virus. As a result I was on intimate terms with all those streambeds. Never hunted Acton myself. My buddy Lowell hunted there quite a lot but I found the agate he found there kind of bland. My favorite agate stomping grounds were all on the Mojave, especially the Cady Mountains..Mel That must have made your work hours a lot better. I have always thought the key to finding anything was being consistent in looking. I bet you found some great stuff.
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Post by vugs on Aug 30, 2014 20:55:45 GMT -5
Acton is only about 15 minutes away, so I'll be going up there. I am partial to Green Moss Agate, but like them all. I want to be able to collect and tumble my own. Who knows what treasures I may find. Really appreciate the info. Thanks a bunch. Well you will be happy to know that green moss is there and you should be able to surface collect pieces to tumble.
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Post by vugs on Aug 30, 2014 21:00:58 GMT -5
Vugs, Sure I'll tell ya................... Thanks Mel... Got it. You can go ahead and delete this great info now haha! but, i'll be headed up there next week. I will check some of those areas out for sure. Appreciate you sharing that with me.
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 31, 2014 16:55:41 GMT -5
That mahogany obsidian is killer cool!
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Post by Peruano on Sept 1, 2014 7:54:04 GMT -5
Rocks do move under people power. So an exotic yard rock or two can get deposited in a wash when someone moves, or cleans up the yard. I had a friend find a good piece of petrified wood in a remote wash with one cut surface. That said, nature moves them too. Just to expand the discussion of id, the first rock appears to have that whitish crust that so often forms on the outside of broken agates exposed on the surface of the ground. My first impression was that it is an agate with those reds and pinks. The third indeed is breccia but has the colors and banding sometimes indicative of a rhyolitic material, browns, beiges, swirls and stripes can all appear in rhyolites. I know these are wild guesses, but we don't have much to go on and just wanted to stimulate some thinking juices. Tom
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Post by Sandy on Sept 15, 2014 1:40:25 GMT -5
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