spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Apr 19, 2017 21:04:44 GMT -5
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Apr 19, 2017 21:10:52 GMT -5
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Post by wigglinrocks on Apr 19, 2017 21:22:47 GMT -5
Nice finds . Doesn't look like very easy finds , but then the good stuff doesn't come easy .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 21:30:14 GMT -5
Remarkable
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Apr 20, 2017 1:24:41 GMT -5
Stunning red (again); lovely blues... Makes me wonder how you discovered it was there? Discovered a them in the footprint of a landslip or something?
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bcrockhound
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Post by bcrockhound on Apr 20, 2017 7:58:23 GMT -5
Incredible! Thank you for the pics.
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Apr 20, 2017 19:59:56 GMT -5
Stunning red (again); lovely blues... Makes me wonder how you discovered it was there? Discovered a them in the footprint of a landslip or something? You look for float below the ridges where slide material sits or on old logging road cuts, basalt "bumps-burps" in the land mass that sometimes have potential exposed seams. Calcite-quartz seams also a good indicator, and agate "nods" in the basalt. Nods in Basalt
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Post by parfive on Apr 20, 2017 21:32:02 GMT -5
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Post by orrum on Apr 21, 2017 9:24:22 GMT -5
Wsy cool!
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Post by orrum on Apr 21, 2017 9:24:35 GMT -5
Wsy cool!
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Apr 23, 2017 16:15:20 GMT -5
Had a few days now to start on the clean and polish. This is where you find the cracks after pulling all that calcite crap off of them. That red and white Disdero turned out not bad for the cabinet. Thanks all, for checkin them out! The brown-yellow had a couple good cracks on it. Working on some blue, yellow and clear. Pics to come later of it polished. Ravioli? haha! I hope to get a ring stone or small pendant out of this one.
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Post by adam on Apr 23, 2017 18:43:55 GMT -5
Spectacular agates, very colorful, very gemmy.
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Post by adam on Apr 24, 2017 12:32:29 GMT -5
spiritstone, that first red and white striped agate is delightful, after it was rounded and polished. Do more! Great job.
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Apr 24, 2017 20:43:17 GMT -5
spiritstone, that first red and white striped agate is delightful, after it was rounded and polished. Do more! Great job. Got one more for ya Adam. Thanks
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Post by fantastic5 on Apr 25, 2017 19:13:45 GMT -5
Beautiful as found, but simply stunning after a polish.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 4, 2017 18:50:44 GMT -5
Dito above. Nothing like digging those jewels out of the good ole dirt. Fine agates spirit.
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on May 6, 2017 12:56:06 GMT -5
Got into a pocket of these blue, white and yellows during my dig and they ended up the ones mostly found. Managed to polish up a couple of them recently and they vary in size from open hand to smaller. Thanks for checkin it out.
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on May 6, 2017 13:02:48 GMT -5
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Post by beefjello on May 7, 2017 17:29:37 GMT -5
You sure find some sweet agates up there! Nice job with the polishing too!
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Post by coloradocliff on May 7, 2017 17:59:11 GMT -5
Stunning red (again); lovely blues... Makes me wonder how you discovered it was there? Discovered a them in the footprint of a landslip or something? You look for float below the ridges where slide material sits or on old logging road cuts, basalt "bumps-burps" in the land mass that sometimes have potential exposed seams. Calcite-quartz seams also a good indicator, and agate "nods" in the basalt. Nods in Basalt Thanks for the tip...C.
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