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Post by aDave on Jun 13, 2018 18:18:06 GMT -5
Hi folks, After months of procrastinating, today I finally got around to photographing 3 different batches that have been completed this year. It would have been 4, but the wife mixed the 4th with an old batch, as I guess I didn't make a point of not mixing them. As before, these batches are all rotary finished. I've decided to separate the batches into 3 different threads to cut down on a massive amount of photos. Thanks for looking. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
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Post by MsAli on Jun 13, 2018 18:56:21 GMT -5
Gorgeous!! Love #14
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Post by saxplayer on Jun 13, 2018 22:17:22 GMT -5
Nicely done as well MsAli I'm posting my ME soon!
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Post by MsAli on Jun 13, 2018 22:47:27 GMT -5
Nicely done as well MsAli I'm posting my ME soon! Cannot wait!!
Did you see the one I just cut under Sunday Fun?
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Post by saxplayer on Jun 13, 2018 23:10:56 GMT -5
Nicely done as well MsAli I'm posting my ME soon! Cannot wait!!
Did you see the one I just cut under Sunday Fun?
I did see it - nice swirls there for sure! Is the metallic portion in ME (at least the ones I have) hematite? Mine are much more silver / red than yours being mostly red
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Post by MsAli on Jun 13, 2018 23:15:49 GMT -5
Cannot wait!!
Did you see the one I just cut under Sunday Fun?
I did see it - nice swirls there for sure! Is the metallic portion in ME (at least the ones I have) hematite? Mine are much more silver / red than yours being mostly red It is hematite.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2018 4:16:52 GMT -5
And you did them in the rotary. Rock on Dave.
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Post by toiv0 on Jun 14, 2018 8:13:48 GMT -5
Cannot wait!!
Did you see the one I just cut under Sunday Fun?
I did see it - nice swirls there for sure! Is the metallic portion in ME (at least the ones I have) hematite? Mine are much more silver / red than yours being mostly red The colors of ME vary from mine to mine. The actual Mary Ellen mine material is a brick red with hematite, it can be dark. The Laurentian mine is an orangish red and can be bright. If the material has been exposed it can be bleached and muted colors that sometimes look opalized. The material found in aluvial till can be just about any color varation. I have some green I will be getting around to cutting.
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Post by tkvancil on Jun 14, 2018 9:50:24 GMT -5
All very nice.
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Post by Ami on Jun 14, 2018 9:55:20 GMT -5
All sweet, I like the lace agate!
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Post by aDave on Jun 14, 2018 18:07:55 GMT -5
Thank you very much for the comments, all. Thanks for taking the time to go through all of the photos (in all the threads).
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jul 2, 2018 18:43:35 GMT -5
Another nice batch with a lot of variety. I always like seeing crazy lace, don't know why I don't roll more of it. !4 and 15 might be my favorites in this group, but I like group pic three too. I won't tell anyone that #10 isn't a Montana agate either, it just looks like one. You've proven you can get a shine in that rotary machine. See any need or have any desire at this point to get a vibe?
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Post by aDave on Jul 3, 2018 19:38:23 GMT -5
#14 and #15 are from Sabre52. He did me well. Group #3 is from the North Cadys and were self collected. I got my Crazy Lace from Brian beefjello, and he did not disappoint. You mention that #10 is not a Montana agate. I'd have lost that bet. Do you have more info? As to getting a vibe...I'm torn. I happen to like the fact that I can "set it and forget it," without having to do any additional work whatsoever. But, at the same time, your work in the vibe clearly outshines (pun intended) what I can do in a rotary, and the time is FAR shorter. Don't know what I'll do just yet. As an aside, I'm hoping my photo lighting issues will be taken care of with a kitchen remodel. New diffused daylight LEDs are part of the equation. Maybe I won't have to worry about working underneath a skylight.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jul 3, 2018 20:44:52 GMT -5
All around nice material. If it's going to roll in the barrels for months at a time, it better be. Right? I wouldn't take your money, but I sense you would have lost that bet on #10. It's a Montana imposter. I'd venture a guess that it came from this Rio. I have a couple tumbles just like it. jamesp has noted the Montana resemblance in some Rios.
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Post by aDave on Jul 3, 2018 21:32:19 GMT -5
All around nice material. If it's going to roll in the barrels for months at a time, it better be. Right? I wouldn't take your money, but I sense you would have lost that bet on #10. It's a Montana imposter. I'd venture a guess that it came from this Rio. I have a couple tumbles just like it. jamesp has noted the Montana resemblance in some Rios. Hmm, That's interesting to see/know. I'd have guessed Montana. Now you have me wondering...
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Post by jamesp on Jul 4, 2018 4:59:40 GMT -5
Those Montana like agate were easy to find. Collect when sun is low in sky or skimming down a slope. The ones without patina would glow due to translucence. About the only clear agate in those cobbles. Might even be a chert with dendrites. It like the chert cobbles were often larger than the agates cobbles. The cherts of the Rio have less fractures and that stone had few. It would also break your hammer when trying to window it. Call it hard or tough. That thick white patina was a sign of a well healed chalcedony rich agate. That is why it is hard to clean out the agates on the Rio, many of the best are covered with that patina. He he, one day on the Rio www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/30935162361/in/album-72157676697468535/lightbox/
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