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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 5, 2023 21:53:00 GMT -5
I heard today that Namibian blue lace agate and Aussie Outback jasper are both "mined out". I say that but really the blue lace isn't allowed to leave the country and the Outback is on Indigenous land.
Anyone else hear this?
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Post by realrockhound on Mar 5, 2023 22:04:14 GMT -5
Ton of the blue lace for sale near me. Maybe I should stock up 😂
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 5, 2023 22:08:43 GMT -5
Ton of the blue lace for sale near me. Maybe I should stick up 😂 I was wondering that, too.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Mar 5, 2023 22:09:37 GMT -5
realrockhound - So that's how you REALLY get all those cool rocks? Stick-ups?
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 5, 2023 22:13:37 GMT -5
I heard that about the blue lace a long time ago. You didn't see much of it for sale for a while. I've noticed more recently. It's just their way of jacking up prices.
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Post by realrockhound on Mar 5, 2023 22:13:38 GMT -5
realrockhound - So that's how you REALLY get all those cool rocks? Stick-ups? lololol. I caught that and fixed it after. But I was out at Richardsons rock ranch yesterday and saw they had a bunch in stock. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Mar 5, 2023 22:20:55 GMT -5
Re the Blue Lace, it was for sale "everywhere" years ago - but not so much recently. People do still love it. We've gotten a lot of requests for it.
The Outback might well be another casualty of the large amount of lands returned to indigenous control in Australia. That's what has happened to a number of the opal fields there. No more commercial mining allowed in those fields.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 5, 2023 22:30:47 GMT -5
Re the Blue Lace, it was for sale "everywhere" years ago - but not so much recently. People do still love it. We've gotten a lot of requests for it.
The Outback might well be another casualty of the large amount of lands returned to indigenous control in Australia. That's what has happened to a number of the opal fields there. No more commercial mining allowed in those fields.
Can you tell me if Blue Lace Agate is actually agate. I've cut some of it and it didn't cut like agate at all. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Mar 5, 2023 22:39:56 GMT -5
Uhhhh - not a mineralogist. If Mindat calls it agate, I'm good with that... .
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 6, 2023 7:03:44 GMT -5
Uhhhh - not a mineralogist. If Mindat calls it agate, I'm good with that... .
Maybe my wheels were new.... |
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Post by MsAli on Mar 6, 2023 8:43:33 GMT -5
I noticed some prices of the OB jasper and wondered why. Now I know.
There is some available on the gem shop . I was thinking of scooping some up, but I really have never liked the look of it.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 6, 2023 8:46:32 GMT -5
I noticed some prices of the OB jasper and wondered why. Now I know. There is some available on the gem shop . I was thinking of scooping some up, but I really have never liked the look of it. I've never cared for it, either. The first cab I ever cut, though, was OBJ. |
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Post by MsAli on Mar 6, 2023 8:52:40 GMT -5
I bought 10 lbs, figured it might be worth getting a piece to hold on too
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 6, 2023 8:59:18 GMT -5
Wow! Went looking at slabs. Slim pickens and the prices are insane. One ad says it is mined out.
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Post by MsAli on Mar 6, 2023 9:04:04 GMT -5
Wow! Went looking at slabs. Slim pickens and the prices are insane. One ad says it is mined out. I was looking at one site for something else and the prices I saw for a slab had me flummoxed. I've never seen that material go for that much ever so I was wondering if it was something new. Not impressed with it still at those prices  |
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Post by realrockhound on Mar 6, 2023 17:52:11 GMT -5
Wow! Went looking at slabs. Slim pickens and the prices are insane. One ad says it is mined out. I was looking at one site for something else and the prices I saw for a slab had me flummoxed. I've never seen that material go for that much ever so I was wondering if it was something new. Not impressed with it still at those prices you know what typical prices per pound are by chance? On each? I might go grab more since I can get it close by. Then set on it for another 30 years 😂 |
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Post by MsAli on Mar 6, 2023 18:26:07 GMT -5
I just got it for 6 lb, so for 20lbs it was 148 with shipping. There is a seller that wants 445 for approximately 28lbs. I won't say much but that seller ask pretty high prices for his stuff in general
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Post by fencejumper on Mar 6, 2023 20:46:54 GMT -5
I have lots of rocks out back
Way cooler crumbs than those
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Post by MsAli on Mar 6, 2023 21:39:25 GMT -5
You do have way cooler crumbs
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 6, 2023 21:54:22 GMT -5
You do have way cooler crumbs Indeed he does.  |
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