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Post by socalagatehound on Mar 2, 2021 20:09:03 GMT -5
Very nice! And yes, Graveyard Point. Stinkingwater is usually either the pure white or the not so common white, black, red mix
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Post by socalagatehound on Mar 2, 2021 20:06:48 GMT -5
Thanks to everybody for your kind words.
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Post by socalagatehound on Mar 2, 2021 20:04:58 GMT -5
They are all great. The Mystery Plume is somewhat familiar. Need to do some digging and see if I can find something I have that is similar. Henry If you can find something that would shed some light on it that would be cool. When I first got it, the seller was the daughter of a recently passed rockhound and she was selling a lot of big chunks of random rock. This was the only piece of plume and it was about 20 lbs. She said that as far as she knew, he rarely bought rock and he collected mostly in Arizona. After I cut it, I shared pictures with some friends who are plume hounds, who asked others, and the consensus was " I don't know ". The most specific suggestion came from Pat McMahon, who suggested Arizona agate mine. So, still a mystery, at least for the time being.
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Post by socalagatehound on Mar 2, 2021 19:55:19 GMT -5
Wowzer, Craig!
Gorgeous, gorgeous cabs. I can't even pick out a favorite. Funny though that the Quetzal and the mystery plume both look very similar.
Great to see you post again!
Thanks! They're not too far apart. The Quetzal for sure has brighter colors. You have to really look for spots with colors other than brown in the mystery rock.
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Post by socalagatehound on Mar 2, 2021 18:52:27 GMT -5
That's very nice! Looks like some Rocky Butte I have. Right down the road from Owyhee. Some of the old RBJ had those hills in that color jasper with the dendrites. Very cool wrap!
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Post by socalagatehound on Mar 2, 2021 18:46:41 GMT -5
Hi all I'm so far behind in posting these some are a few weeks old, but it takes a long time for cabbage to go bad, so here are a few sorta recent efforts... San Carlos Moss Agate. I liked the contrast of bright red and yellow together. San Carlos Moss Agate, Mexico by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Biggs Picture Jasper. Biggs Picture Jasper by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Graveyard Point from the 2019 trip. Has a small boytroidal pocket in the middle Graveyard Point Plume Agate, Oregon by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Mexican Chrysocolla. Good hard material but the color runs a little uneven. Mexican Chrysocholla by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Quetzal flowergarden agate from Mexico. I'm always looking for the plumes. From rough bought at Tucson last year. Quetzal Flower Garden Agate, Mexico by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Mescalero Jasper. From Jeff at Silverhill. Mescalero Jasper, Nevada by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Prudent Man agate. Vein #1. Prudent Man Plume Agate, Vein #1 by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr San Carlos gold moss from Mexico. San Carlos Golden Moss, Mexico by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Feather Ridge agate. A little heel piece that turned out okay. Feather Ridge Plume Agate by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Arizona shattuckite. Well agatized hard material mostly, but enough soft stuff to make it a bear to get a smooth glassy finish. The second cab is a big one, about 60 mm. The colors on both are better than in the pictures. They are a very unique blue/green that the camera won't capture. Arizona Shattuckite by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Arizona Shattuckite by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Mystery Plume Agate. From the chunk I picked up a couple years ago at Quartzsite. The seller thought it was from Arizona. Mystery Plume Agate by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr And last but not least, a little Moroccan Ahouli agate that bears a striking resemblance to a Rhino. I left it flat to save the image and I think it needs more work on the right side of the shape, but I'm kind of afraid to mess with it now...haha. Moroccan Seam Agate Rhino by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Now I need to take more pictures...Hope you all enjoy... Craig
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Post by socalagatehound on Feb 23, 2021 0:34:20 GMT -5
Way cool!!!
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Post by socalagatehound on Feb 14, 2021 1:27:39 GMT -5
EXCELLENT!!!
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Post by socalagatehound on Feb 3, 2021 19:03:56 GMT -5
Hi all You know to make a chopped salad you need to start with a little cabbage.... Some recent cabs... Australian dendritic opalite Australian Dendritic Opalite by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Willow Creek Jasper Willow Creek Jasper, Idaho by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Gary Green Jasper after the name change...lol. Gary Green/Caldera Jasper, Oregon by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Madagascar Mad River Agate Madagascar Mad River Agate by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Stone Canyon Jasper Stone Canyon Jasper by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Original Owyhee Picture Jasper. I can't decide if it's a rocky shoreline or wetland with trees... Original Owyhee Picture Jasper by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Brazilian Agate. A sunset at a beach or lake? Brazilian Agate Scenic Coastal Sunset by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Botswana Botswana Agate by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Black Rock Desert Thunderegg core Black Rock Desert, Nevada by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Moroccan Seam Agate Moroccan Seam Agate by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr All for now. Thanks for looking and sharing this crazy passion for rocks. Craig
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Post by socalagatehound on Jan 31, 2021 20:57:18 GMT -5
Great cabs! That first one absolutely glows!! The third one has a very cool look about it. Just shedding it's skin.
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Post by socalagatehound on Jan 28, 2021 21:00:01 GMT -5
Very nice and way cool!!!
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Post by socalagatehound on Jan 26, 2021 0:53:03 GMT -5
I all three!!! Pinterest worthy for sure!
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Post by socalagatehound on Jan 25, 2021 23:54:59 GMT -5
I think the area on the right side of your slab looks much better than the left, as it appears on picture 4. Even though it's vuggy, it's usually the harder agate. I would avoid the left side altogether. Zebra can be challenging because of the vugs, but a little carefully applied Star Bond type glue or hxtal can be helpful. Don't let it get in the vugs and it needs to be thin to soak into soft spots. It can be pretty cool when done. by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr
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Post by socalagatehound on Jan 11, 2021 23:22:08 GMT -5
Super special as usual!!! Looks like all the right stuff to me
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Post by socalagatehound on Dec 22, 2020 3:17:00 GMT -5
Beautiful!!!! A truly stunning group! Way to end the year! Indonesian Moss is killer but I think the blue mountain Jasper is off the charts!
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Post by socalagatehound on Dec 17, 2020 2:47:14 GMT -5
If I didn't know better I would think somebody is trying to motivate me to get some of my Singleton Ranch material slabbed. I suppose it's not going to cut itself!!! Hey, at least they won't spoil or age out. And it's not like there is more where that came from, at least that we can get to. You have to cut them slow to make them last.
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Post by socalagatehound on Dec 17, 2020 2:32:50 GMT -5
Great cabs on killer material . Where can I find some of that d- Chrysoprase or those plumes ? The Chrysoprase was a lonely slab I bought from a vendor at Tuson, and they only had one, so finding another will be luck of the draw. I'm sure there are more out the somewhere. Plumes are pretty much where you find them. Most of my plumes... Texas, Cady Mountains in California, Graveyard Point and Stinkingwater in Oregon and others... are self collected, so that's the best way to get quantity, as well as quality that you will pay a pretty price for at shows or online. The rest, including some of the Graveyard, I buy at whatever shows I can make it to. Quartzsite and Tucson are the biggest, but I also hit the local shows around San Diego and Los Angeles Counties and last year we visited the Prineville Pow Wow in Oregon. It's a slow process to find good stuff, but it is worth it!
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Post by socalagatehound on Dec 16, 2020 14:36:31 GMT -5
Here are some more recently finished cabs. Hope you enjoy... Mexican Crazy lace Crazy Lace Agate, Mexico by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Dendritic Chrysoprase from Australia. I love the play of colors in this one. From yellow green to almost an aqua. Dendritic Chrysoprase, Australia by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Another Singleton Ranch Plume from Marfa with multi-colored plumes. Singleton Ranch Plume Agate, West Texas by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Texas Moss Agate collected off the Mines Rd NW Laredo Moss Agate, Mines Rd, NW Laredo, TX by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Orbicular Fancy Jasper from India. Fancy Jasper, India by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Howardite (Rattlesnake Agate) from Nevada. Not the traditional colors that I would usually buy, but the tan areas on the right side of the cab have a green tint that I could not capture with the pixel phone camera. Howardite, Nevada by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Mexican Sagenite, from a small slab from Pat McMahon. Sagenite, Mexico by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Salina Plume from Utah. I love the plume but Salina has so many soft spots its hard to hold the shape. Salina Plume, Utah by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr San Carlos Moss Agate from Mexico. I do like the multicolored mosses and plumes. Mulicolored Moss Agate, San Carlos, Mexico by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr And, from our visit to Graveyard Point on the 2019 trip, a burning tree. Do you see it? Smoldering Tree, Graveyard Point, Oregon by Craig Uhlig, on Flickr Thanks for looking. Craig
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Post by socalagatehound on Dec 15, 2020 14:49:26 GMT -5
Outstanding!!! Beautiful materials and workmanship!
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Post by socalagatehound on Dec 14, 2020 20:26:38 GMT -5
Thanks everyone for all your kind comments! Some thoughts on the materials and cabs... The azurite in barite is sooooo soft, but it does have a bit of a polish on it. You can shape it easily with the 600 wheel and maybe even the 1200. The amethyst sage cab is very thin. I thought about making a doublet with it when I bought the slab a couple of years back, but decided to tackle it straight up. I guess it worked out. I do love that snowy scene. The Bot was almost a disappointment. It's only centered on the front. The red center veers off severely to the left on the back. I love to cab the Singleton ranch stuff, but every time I do I realize I'm reducing my own stash that will probably never be replaced. Sad situation. And the new stuff off the 06 Ranch is wonderful, but lacks some of the colorful displays of Singleton material. If the 06 stays open long enough for Covid to be gone, I'll be there, though. Plumes are still plumes. I should get some more cabs posted tonight or tomorrow. Craig
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