rockhoundoz
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rockhoundoz on Mar 19, 2023 22:54:32 GMT -5
Delighted that you find them so intriguing: ) There's not many places in the world with agates of such diversity in such a small area - from Ploczki in Poland's another even moreso That last one in particular captures me, but I'm real partial to the dark gray & black scales. That pattern reminiscent of turtleback, is the result of super tight botyroidal crystals as found in the geodes, such that you've got a very narrow band to cut, and get a flat face - without reducing the pattern to a tiny size. The slab right before the sweet spot:   It's unfortunate that tapatalk reduced the free acct photo size, it does take away even more from my already "rustic" photo results 😅 When I look at cut rocks, my first instinct is to look for cabs within the cut face as I'm not really into specimens (except Fairburns! LOL). However, that botryoidal goodness SO deserves a place on a shelf...with a spotlight or two shining right on it!! Wowzers, that's gorgeous!!! You made me look up Płóczki Górne Agates! OMG! The Ploczki agates are just impossibly excellent, personally I think they exceed the sum total of agates from Mexico 😋 - but I'm sure most ppl would disagree lol. Can't figure out how to get the right characters on my new phone  but if I remember correctly Gorne means 'upper', so there's an upper & lower Ploczki. Tiny sweet village. Also, the way to pronounce it is like "poolch-key" more or less. That L with the line is kinda a soft "w" sound almost. There are a lot of areas with abundant agates in Poland - but I was barely able to find a couple low grade ones at ploczki myself, but doubt we found the right field. Do miss Poland. Frankly, I'd be happy to send you that thick slab of botyroidal if you send me something in exchange. Maybe one of your great wraps I'm seeing? Or a slab, I'm open & would just enjoy getting something different. |
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rockhoundoz
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since March 2017
Posts: 135
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Post by rockhoundoz on Mar 19, 2023 23:07:34 GMT -5
Beautiful! We don't see enough Kentucky agates.
rockhoundoz Is your family Lithuanian? My best friend lived in Vilnius. She has since moved to a small estate by the sea. I can't remember the town. It is definitely rare stuff! Yes, my dad is Lithuanian 🇱🇹😁. On my mom's side however, I'm the 9th traceable generation on the very same land where I live in KY 💙. By the sea in LT? Maybe Palanga? That's the super charming seaside town. Klaipeda is a city \small city - even Vilnius which I love has a "large village" vibe. Then there's Kursiu Nerija (ugh, it's killing me I can't figure out how to get the right characters! Pixel 7 from Samsung feeling like a big downgrade 😂) - which is the long "spit", like a barrier island, it's so gorgeous! Nida & Juodkrante are the two towns on K.N. & if she lived there I'd be exceedingly jealous; ). Did you ever visit\think of visiting her there? Highly recommend it! *Edit - just realized I could've been copying & pasting the characters 🙄, swear I'm not really from my generation 🙃... |
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 20, 2023 9:15:03 GMT -5
When I look at cut rocks, my first instinct is to look for cabs within the cut face as I'm not really into specimens (except Fairburns! LOL). However, that botryoidal goodness SO deserves a place on a shelf...with a spotlight or two shining right on it!! Wowzers, that's gorgeous!!! You made me look up Płóczki Górne Agates! OMG! The Ploczki agates are just impossibly excellent, personally I think they exceed the sum total of agates from Mexico 😋 - but I'm sure most ppl would disagree lol. Can't figure out how to get the right characters on my new phone but if I remember correctly Gorne means 'upper', so there's an upper & lower Ploczki. Tiny sweet village. Also, the way to pronounce it is like "poolch-key" more or less. That L with the line is kinda a soft "w" sound almost. There are a lot of areas with abundant agates in Poland - but I was barely able to find a couple low grade ones at ploczki myself, but doubt we found the right field. Do miss Poland. Frankly, I'd be happy to send you that thick slab of botyroidal if you send me something in exchange. Maybe one of your great wraps I'm seeing? Or a slab, I'm open & would just enjoy getting something different. I seriously appreciate that offer!! I'm not much of a specimen collector...other than Fairburns and some Teepee Canyon Agate nodules I've self-collected. Otherwise, I definitely would have taken you up on that offer! That beauty definitely deserves to be left in one piece!  |
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but if I remember correctly Gorne means 'upper', so there's an upper & lower Ploczki. Tiny sweet village. Also, the way to pronounce it is like "poolch-key" more or less. That L with the line is kinda a soft "w" sound almost. There are a lot of areas with abundant agates in Poland - but I was barely able to find a couple low grade ones at ploczki myself, but doubt we found the right field. Do miss Poland.
