realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 27, 2023 16:20:25 GMT -5
Great cabs and fine material -- I'm jealous. Just can't find that quality these days. My stones are very nice but yours are top shelf. You're lucky to have such a wealth of old and primo rock. I gotta give all credit to my grandpa. He left me buckets and milk crates full of the stuff. He knew Shirley quant, Hoot Elkins and the other big hounds out of prineville, so as you can imagine, he had access to everything. I’ll say it time and time again. I’ve been extremely blessed. |
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Post by opalpyrexia on Feb 27, 2023 17:52:45 GMT -5
That's some plucky plumb plume cutting there.
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mossyrockhound
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Post by mossyrockhound on Feb 27, 2023 18:03:34 GMT -5
Beautiful....!! My favorite agate! You did an excellent job on some great material.
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 27, 2023 19:09:17 GMT -5
Beautiful....!! My favorite agate! You did an excellent job on some great material. You’re the one who found the second deposit correct? |
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hypodactylus
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Post by hypodactylus on Feb 27, 2023 19:10:35 GMT -5
Very nice! I love 'gemmy' rocks where the plumes, orbs, etc are just 'floating' in contrast to the transparent areas.
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 27, 2023 19:31:19 GMT -5
Very nice! I love 'gemmy' rocks where the plumes, orbs, etc are just 'floating' in contrast to the transparent areas. Thank you. Some of these pics don’t do the material justice. The little squashed shield/triangle is a prime example. It’s so much nicer in person and the plumes are amazing in that piece |
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Post by bgoodz on Feb 28, 2023 0:09:08 GMT -5
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Feb 28, 2023 9:42:59 GMT -5
All I can say is "WOW!"
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 28, 2023 20:32:16 GMT -5
Since we're on a Carey kick (you have to forgive me, I seriously love central oregon plume) Figured people might want to see this stuff in all it's glory. Here's a nice specimen chunk of angel wing Carey with nice plumes off the host rhyolite. Approximately 12x7x9 and around 20 lbs    |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 28, 2023 20:44:21 GMT -5
That's gorgeous!
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 28, 2023 20:46:29 GMT -5
Going to throw it on the 20, take a slab, then face polish as a specimen. I’ll post pics. Just needs to warm up a bit here first |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 28, 2023 20:59:20 GMT -5
Going to throw it on the 20, take a slab, then face polish as a specimen. I’ll post pics. Just needs to warm up a bit here first Looking forward to seeing that polished. Needs to heat up around here, too. Another winter storm warning out for us tonight until Thursday morning.  |
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mossyrockhound
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Post by mossyrockhound on Mar 2, 2023 13:39:18 GMT -5
Beautiful....!! My favorite agate! You did an excellent job on some great material. You’re the one who found the second deposit correct? Yes I was. I never got to go back and dig any of it though. My dad went back to Carey Ranch the following week after I found the vein and worked it. I couldn't go because I had to go to school. When he headed home he stopped at Elkins Rock Shop and showed Hoot what he had dug out. He went again sometime later to get some more, but they wouldn't let him dig any because they (Hoot and Shirts Quant, I believe) had dug the vein out so deep that it was too dangerous to let anybody dig there. I went back several times as an adult and was amazed to see what they had done to that hillside with big equipment. I spent several days at the site going through the tailing piles about 5 years ago, but couldn't find anything there but some angelwing and small pieces of float. I still have most the material my dad dug out - some pretty nice stuff, but none any better than what you've shown here. |
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Mar 2, 2023 14:12:42 GMT -5
You’re the one who found the second deposit correct? Yes I was. I never got to go back and dig any of it though. My dad went back to Carey Ranch the following week after I found the vein and worked it. I couldn't go because I had to go to school. When he headed home he stopped at Elkins Rock Shop and showed Hoot what he had dug out. He went again sometime later to get some more, but they wouldn't let him dig any because they (Hoot and Shirts Quant, I believe) had dug the vein out so deep that it was too dangerous to let anybody dig there. I went back several times as an adult and was amazed to see what they had done to that hillside with big equipment. I spent several days at the site going through the tailing piles about 5 years ago, but couldn't find anything there but some angelwing and small pieces of float. I still have most the material my dad dug out - some pretty nice stuff, but none any better than what you've shown here. I had heard essentially same story from my grandpa about hoot and quant. It’s kinda funny, because quants name was kind of attached to the Carey deposit as essentially being the guy who discovered it. But from what I know, and people here in town I know, that wasn’t actually the case. |
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jone
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Post by jone on Mar 2, 2023 15:14:15 GMT -5
Amazing piece of rock! It almost seems like a shame to cut it !
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aGates
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Post by aGates on Mar 2, 2023 15:51:04 GMT -5
Is thier a way to cut carey plum rough to capture the best looks? realrockhound |
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Mar 2, 2023 16:31:06 GMT -5
Is thier a way to cut carey plum rough to capture the best looks? realrockhound Yeah. You cut it with the plumes and the host. The plumes essentially grow in most cases (not always) off the rhyolite or host if you will. So you generally want to cut it perpendicular with the plumes. |
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aGates
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Post by aGates on Mar 2, 2023 20:39:58 GMT -5
So it's a seam agate and you cut parallel to the Rhine? Biscuits are cut like the way I'm talking. realrockhound thanks for the reply. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 2, 2023 20:45:38 GMT -5
So it's a seam agate and you cut parallel to the Rhine? Biscuits are cut like the way I'm talking. realrockhound thanks for the reply. Johnny...picture a slab of plume agate is like your hand and the plumes are the fingers growing upward. You want to cut it like you're slicing across the entire face of the hand and fingers...not cutting it at the wrist. Does this make sense??   |
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Mar 2, 2023 20:59:14 GMT -5
So it's a seam agate and you cut parallel to the Rhine? Biscuits are cut like the way I'm talking. realrockhound thanks for the reply. Jason explains it well. As far as a seam agate, I’m not entirely sure. I’m assuming some of it was in seams. I think a lot of it was formed in open channel vugs. Like how nydegger plume formed. |
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