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Post by accidentalrockhound on Jan 7, 2019 0:54:03 GMT -5
Hello all. I picked up a few pounds of this material not really knowing what it was. It felt solid and heavy, and looked interesting so I packed some in my bucket. Anyone know what it might be? Most of it is small cutter size. I would imagine it would tumble beautifully. The next pictures are dry no flash. Next photo is wet withflash. This wet photo shows close to natural colors. To me it looks like moss agate. Nice colors and smokey clear areas. Any thoughts thank you.
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Post by pauls on Jan 7, 2019 1:02:53 GMT -5
Some sort of Agate for sure
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Post by stephan on Jan 7, 2019 1:07:59 GMT -5
Coprolite?
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Post by vegasjames on Jan 7, 2019 4:53:36 GMT -5
Don't know but it is great looking material.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 7, 2019 9:04:52 GMT -5
I don't know, either, but it looks like it would cut some very pretty cabs. Where did you pick it up?
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Post by toiv0 on Jan 7, 2019 9:48:21 GMT -5
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zarguy
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Post by zarguy on Jan 7, 2019 10:30:56 GMT -5
It looks like some of the fossil coral found around St. George, UT/Arizona Strip. Ours is white & doesn't have the colors or obvious orbs, though. If I find time, I'll look for a piece in my yard or garage & get a pic up here. Lynn
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Post by MsAli on Jan 7, 2019 10:31:00 GMT -5
Really pretty!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 7, 2019 10:42:12 GMT -5
I would bet it is coprolite. And, I'm not a betting woman.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 7, 2019 11:25:26 GMT -5
I would bet it's coprolite also..... Nice!
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Jan 7, 2019 15:39:16 GMT -5
I don't know, either, but it looks like it would cut some very pretty cabs. Where did you pick it up? I will try and can't a piece today. As far as where I got it. Long story short I stop at a yard sale in the fall. The guy their was into rocks I bought a couple things. We went to the back yard and wow. Is all I could say. He gave me to chunks of turquoise no charge . I came home made a pendant with some of it. Took it back the next day. He and his wife loved it. He offered me a 5gal. Bucket of what ever I chose from the remnants of what was left of one of my towns only rock shops. There was a lot of material in barrels an crates.so I picked a bit of bigger cutters and top it off with these pieces. I plan on taking a couple more finished pieces to him.
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Jan 7, 2019 15:52:39 GMT -5
Thank you all who chimed in. I don't know why coprolite did not cross my mind. Possibly some nice S__t here. Here is a photo of some of the rough wet. Makes me want to cut some more.
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mud
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Post by mud on Jan 7, 2019 15:54:08 GMT -5
Cool find, and a great story to go with it!
Probably coprolite, but I wouldn't rule out agatized coral either. Some of the agatized coral found along Crowley's Ridge looks similar.
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Post by pauls on Jan 7, 2019 21:51:24 GMT -5
Coprolite, well well, I wouldn't mind trying to polish that poop.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 7, 2019 22:14:54 GMT -5
After I saw the first suggestion of coprolite, I had one of those "DUH" moments.
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Post by fuss on Jan 8, 2019 12:32:50 GMT -5
Really nice "specimens" but these could easily not be Coprolite and be some other form of agate or cryptocrystalline mix. Any idea on where these were collected from?
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Jan 9, 2019 12:01:38 GMT -5
Really nice "specimens" but these could easily not be Coprolite and be some other form of agate or cryptocrystalline mix. Any idea on where these were collected from? I haven't ruled out coral yet. As zarguy and mud suggested it may be coral I am still looking it up. It has a very nice translucency to it I will show a photo with back light. As far as where it came from I have no idea. Slot of material that I have been getting is coming from old collection's . This material came from what was left of a rock shop here in my town I think it closed down in the 80's . The guy I met inherited his estate life long friends. Graduated together went to war together rockhounded together more brothers then friends I spent a day listening to his story watching as I can see him remembering them days as he talked about some of their time together.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 9, 2019 12:04:11 GMT -5
Really nice "specimens" but these could easily not be Coprolite and be some other form of agate or cryptocrystalline mix. Any idea on where these were collected from? I haven't ruled out coral yet. As zarguy and mud suggested it may be coral I am still looking it up. It has a very nice translucency to it I will show a photo with back light. As far as where it came from I have no idea. Slot of material that I have been getting is coming from old collection's . This material came from what was left of a rock shop here in my town I think it closed down in the 80's . The guy I met inherited his estate life long friends. Graduated together went to war together rockhounded together more brothers then friends I spent a day listening to his story watching as I can see him remembering them days as he talked about some of their time together. That is a cool story. I'm glad he got up with someone who appreciates the stories. Makes them more than just rocks.
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No idea ?
Jan 9, 2019 13:54:17 GMT -5
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Post by fishnpinball on Jan 9, 2019 13:54:17 GMT -5
You might check out the slabs with a lot of magnification. You can often make out remnants of what was eaten in coprolites.
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Jan 9, 2019 13:54:56 GMT -5
I haven't ruled out coral yet. As zarguy and mud suggested it may be coral I am still looking it up. It has a very nice translucency to it I will show a photo with back light. As far as where it came from I have no idea. Slot of material that I have been getting is coming from old collection's . This material came from what was left of a rock shop here in my town I think it closed down in the 80's . The guy I met inherited his estate life long friends. Graduated together went to war together rockhounded together more brothers then friends I spent a day listening to his story watching as I can see him remembering them days as he talked about some of their time together. That is a cool story. I'm glad he got up with someone who appreciates the stories. Makes them more than just rocks. Yeah it was a good day. His friend was a very accomplished silver Smith lapidary artist. In fact he showed me a whole traveling display case of work created by his friend. I thought I took a photo but cannot find it. Looking forward to some more stories.
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